How the world looked during the last ice age - PHOTO

It is an incredible view of how the world looked during the ice age.An online mapmaker has revealed a unique map showing the world as it would have looked 14,000 years ago, when the last ice age was at its harshest.Designers worked with geologists to accurately map the massive landbridges and ice sheets that made the world a very different place.The map was created by Martin Vargic, an amateur graphic designer from Slovakia.'It is the first map of its kind on such a scale and level of complexity, and depicts our planet as it looked during the late glacial maximum of the last ice age, 14,000 years BCE,' he told MailOnline.'If I include time devoted to proper research, the map took about a month and a half to be fully finished,'.'I contacted several university geologists and climatologists who provided me the needed scientific data about the various prehistoric lakes, extent of sea levels, actual size of ice sheets, late pleistocene hydrology, climate and even sea currents in year 14.000 B.C (at the end of the Last Glacial Period, about 2-3 thousand years before the late glacial maximum and massive meltdown). The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) refers to that period in earth's history when the glaciers were at their thickest and the sea levels at their lowest.Martin Vargic, an amateur graphic designer from Slovakia spent six weeks making the map.He worked with university geologists and climatologists, and included data about prehistoric lakes, extent of sea levels, actual size of ice sheets, late pleistocene hydrology, climate and even sea currents in year 14.000 B.CThe image, which can also be bought as a poster, includes one full large detailed map of the world, 2 major maps showcasing northern and southern polar regions and 2 detailed minimaps comparing present day climate to that during the late glacial maximum. 'I included present day-countries and cities on the map, to help people understand the geography of the Ice Age world and compare it to present more accurately. 'Because of the massive decline of sea levels(caused by the accumulation of water in massive ice sheets), boundaries were extended according to exclusive economic zones and official maritime boundaries.'I was genuinely surprised about how the climate and geography of the world has changed in only about 16 thousand years(only a fraction of time when compared to Earth's history).'I plan to make some similarly-themed maps in future, showing the world 65 million and 150 million years ago.The world 16,000 years ago was in many ways radically different to the present; because large amounts of water were concentrated in the massive ice sheets covering the majority of North America and western Eurasia, sea levels were about 110 meters lower when compared to today. This exposed  massive land bridges, most notably Beringia, Sundaland and Sahul.Northern hemisphere was covered by two main ice sheets; the Wechselian Ice Sheet, covering the much of northern Europe and western Siberia, reaching as far south as Berlin, and the Laurentine&Cordilleran Ice Sheet complex, which covered almost entire Canada and portions of northern USA.Major ice sheets were also present in mountainous areas, most notably in the Himalayas, Rocky Mountains, Alps and Patagonian Andes.(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.az