In a flip of convention, my giant, framed world map displays the southern hemisphere — Australia included — at the top. It's a twist, but not strictly speaking a distortion.

TRAVEL TRENDS, WORLD Created : Mar 17, 2025, 10:00 IST Things you didn’t know about the Southern Hemisphere The Southern Hemisphere is a world of its own, filled with breathtaking landscapes ...

Make the world map a double-sided circle, like a vinyl record. You could put the Northern Hemisphere on the top side, and the Southern Hemisphere on the bottom, or vice versa.

image: Topographical map of the world, with higher mountain ranges in dark brown and lower areas in green. The Northern Hemisphere has more land mass and higher mountains than the Southern ...

If you have the chance to travel to the Southern Hemisphere, be sure to check out some must-see highlights. I had the opportunity in 2019 to view the July 2 total solar eclipse in Chile, where I ...

For centuries, sailors who had been all over the world knew where the most fearsome storms of all lay in wait: the Southern Hemisphere. “The waves ran mountain-high and threatened to overwhelm [the ...