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The International Date Line, explained from a window seat
A jagged zigzag in the Pacific that is worth a whole day. What actually happens when your flight turns Wednesday into Thursday — or the other way around.
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Above the Amazon — when the green has no edge
A rainforest the size of the Australian continent. On the way to South America, the Amazon basin is the most visually unusual hour of the flight.
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The Bermuda Triangle from FL370 — an honest inventory
The most famous patch of water in conspiracy folklore is also one of the busiest pieces of airspace on Earth. Statistically unremarkable. Mythologically loaded.
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Mount Everest from the cabin window — and why no scheduled flight goes directly over it
The highest mountain on Earth sits near several flight paths, but almost nothing flies straight over the summit. Why, and what you see instead.
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Over the North Pole — what polar routes do better than the great circle
East-Coast US to Asia has been flying polar for two decades. What you actually see, and why it is the most underrated transatlantic alternative.
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Crossing the Sahara by plane — three hours of geology, no breaks
On the southern routes to West Africa or southern Africa, you fly across the largest desert on Earth from above. What you see looks like nowhere else on the planet.
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What you actually see flying over the Greenland ice sheet
The world's second-largest ice mass sits three hours east of New York and nobody talks about it. A small guide to the most underrated window-seat moment on the transatlantic.
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The loneliest spot on Earth, from a window seat
An hour past Greenland, three hours short of Ireland — at some point you fly over a place where the nearest inhabited island is over 1,000 km away. The middle of the North Atlantic is one of aviation's most underrated views.