Friday, January 16, 2009

Map of Antarctica- Illustration Friday- Pale


A pale is:

  • a wooden stake used with others to make a fence - from Old French pal, from Latin palus ‘stake’[1]
  • an area within set boundaries[1] a territory or jurisdiction (possibly non-territorial) under a given authority, or the limits of such a jurisdiction. The term was often used in cases where the territory or jurisdiction outside the pale was considered hostile.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Oceans of the World "Contained"


What is more contained than the oceans on this world?

Friday, April 18, 2008

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Wednesday, April 9, 2008