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When tracking a long-haul flight on a map, it is common to see aircraft flying far north, sometimes appearing to pass close to the North Pole. Routes between North America,Europe, and Asia routinely ...

There's something unsettling about looking at a flight map and noticing huge blank spaces where no planes seem to venture. While modern aircraft can technically reach almost anywhere on the planet, ...