The Antarctic is colder than the Arctic, yet for some reason there is more sea ice in the north leading to it not being shown on maps. Oh, and the only glaciers depicted are in Green land, so named for reasons. And no detailed topography. That doesn’t make much sense.
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Speculation
Could flight from Africa to South America be stopping in Europe to fill up the plane? Europe is not very far from North Africa.
The roundness of the earth is precisely the reason why airplanes take routes that don't appear to make sense on a flat map. Take a piece string and hold each end against somewhere on a globe (two different places, one for each end). Tighten the string and where the string lies is the most direct path between the two locations as the crow flies.