The Indian Ocean covers approx 20% of the water on the water on the Earth’s surface and small islands dot the continental rims with the most famous being Madagascar, Seychelles, Maldives and Mauritius. The latter of these are very popular luxury holiday destinations with many people visiting from Europe and the Middle East each year
For centuries, the Athabascans of central Alaska looked up at this 20,320-foot mountain and called it Denali, ‘the Great One’. Then, in 1896, businessman-turned-prospector William Dickey rechristened it in honour of President William McKinley, who hailed from Ohio and had never set foot in Alaska. That’s never sat well with a lot of Alaskans. But whatever you call the mountain, its grandeur transcends any language.
