NGS 1990 Arctic Ocean Floor Map - National Geographic maps

Experience the breathtaking detail of the Arctic Ocean floor with this fascinating map. Published in January 1990, nearly a year after the Exxon Valdez spilled an estimated 11 to 30 million U.S. gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, this striking map accompanied the article "Alaskas Big Spill - Can the Wilderness Heal" and an additional map of the Atlantic Ocean floor. Included on this map is the article "Exploring and Mapping the Seafloor" which explains the technology behind this amazing cartography. • Article entitled "Exploring and Mapping the Seafloor " by Rear Admiral Richard F. Pittenger, Oceanographer of the Navy • Inset of the earths plates as seen from the North Pole • Illustrations of and text about continental margins, trenches, seamounts, abyssal plains, ridges, and the ocean crust • Striking detail of the Arctic floor including continental shelves, basins, plains, plateaus, fracture zones, and more • Digital image sample • Ocean depths Language: english Size: ca 78,7 x 50,8cm Scale: 1:10,140,000 available options: - paper - double sided encapsulated (inscribedable or wiped off) - mounted as pinboard with silver-coloured aluminium frame, one sided laminated (inscribedable or wiped off) This digital print requires up to 10 - 14 days of delivery time.