The Geography of the Ice Age

Only a few thousand years ago, the planet's geography was drastically different than it is today. Massive ice sheets stored atop the poles lowered sea levels and exposed a number of interesting and very real geographical features. Let's explore this fascinating landscape, and see what we can learn from it!

I definitely missed a couple things so find me on twitter @theatlaspro to see the full map for yourself!

Some links:

[comik]

I would like to see how nature reacted to these shifts in climate

[kangsun]

Subbed for being selfless, sympathetic to the suffering of strangers, and refusing money. Most people would just explain it away, and ask for money anyway. I haven't seen anyone on any other channel do this, no matter how rich they are, or how many subscribers they have. Kudos to you sir. Class act all the way.

[rodrigof.r.desouza]

I wish I had a geography class like this during my school years. I would certainly love this topic way more than I already like today. That's some phenomenal work right here, loved it!

[NIDELLANEUM]

Me: studying is giving me a headache. I need a break.
Atlas Pro: do you want to know the geography of the ice age in 15 minutes?
Me: yeah, sure

[cernunnos_lives]

I wonder what archeological finds are left to be discovered underwater. Doggerland is just one amazing discovery.

[muhammadikhwannurrosyidin]

Sundaland
in the ice age, tropical seasonal snow can fall to an altitude of 3000 meters, at an altitude of 3200m-3600m tropical glaciers appear, so Mount Semeru, Rinjani and Kerinci with their current height can have glaciers
Mount Kinabalu also has glaciers, The Leuser Mountains in Aceh often snow, Mount Rantemario in Sulawesi often snows, and Papua (Sahul mainland) has many ice fields.

[maud]

Do you know what's cool? The aboriginals in Australia actually have oral stories that go back to the end of this period (20 000 year ago). They tell stories about giants flooding the coastlands (the bridge between Australia and Papoea-New Guinea disappearing). These are the oldest human stories that we know of.

[slabpanda]

Asking people to stop supporting if they’re in need of the money makes me wanna give him money

[ghoulunathics]

if we assume that humans lived near the coasts and river banks as we can see today, just imagine how many totally unknown civilizations could have existed in all those lands that are now at the bottom of the sea.

[judim]

You’re literally the first and only content creator who instead of tirelessly pandering for more donations to keep posting so they didn’t lose thier audience loyalty but instead acknowledged and then ENCOURAGED his fans to take care of themselves first. You sir just gain this subscriber she’s as soon as I can afford a pot to… you know… also a

[Potkanka]

I find the difference of landmass during and after the last ice age so interesting, and it sure helps a lot to see it illustrated on maps. Thank you for the video!

[FJ-thsh]

I've never heard someone admit that a hardship (i.e. the pandemic) is not affecting him financially, and therefore encourage others to stop supporting him financially if they are struggling. That's amazing! Way to go, Atlas Pro. That's generosity! I'm a big fan now!

[MrKago]

Dude, saying to people to not give money if they can't and letting them know they shouldn't feel guilty or obligated is an incredibly honorable thing to do. subscribed.

[setphaser]

Did you do a biogeography of the ice age? I’d be interested to know what australia was like then, whether there were still large portions of desert, and what the time periods were…

[smokinXIII]

I usually would watch such a video on the side, but it was too interesting and I was glued to it.
Really good explanations, nice flow and amazing narration!

[dlawlis]

I live in an area that was just at the edge of the last ice sheet. When I was learning about this in college I would bore my friends to death by pointing out the areas that the glaciers didn't reach. I never tire of reading about it or watching videos like this because I always learn something new. Thanks!

[ricardovaladez]

I’d like to see the biology of that time

[SpiderTreWithADash]

The fact that you didn’t ask people less fortunate than you (whom just wants knowledge in a entertaining format) to pay for more knowledge… Much love! You have my support :)

[lordInquisitor]

It's fascinating to think about how history and society would be different if the ice did not retreat

[scrunglenut]

i want to hear about how things were affected by the ice ageee