Google’s girl takes the Road to Nowhere as she braves polar bears to map the Arctic
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | March 30, 2013 18:39
Wrapped up warm, braving freezing temperatures and polar bears, these brave hikers are helping open up one of the most remote places on Earth.
Complete with a 18kg backpack mounted telescopic camera, they are pictured mapping the Arctic for Google Street View.
For parts of the rest of the world, Google can send its quirky camera-mounted Street View cars to map large areas.
However, in Iqaluit, a town in the Canadian territory of Nunavut with a population of just 7,000, they have had to reply on this hardy group of trekkers.
They have ventured along little-known trails – such as a notorious 15km cul-de-sac known as the Road to Nowhere.
The Street View team spent four days exploring the wild terrain and collecting the images which will open up this vast wilderness to the rest of the world.
The town, which is inhabited by just 7,000 people, will be available to see on Street View in July.
However, it is not just the rest of the world which is benefiting from this mapping exercise.
The town is hoping to use the maps to promote the area for people looking to visit or live there. It is also hoped the maps could speed up planning decisions for the town.
Google Street View also gave the world a rare glimpse into one of Japan’s eerie ghost towns which remain deserted two years after the country’s triple disaster.
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