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Just before retiring in 2011, Swiss cartographer Paul Ehrlich hid a drawing of a marmot in a map of the Aletsch Glacier.

Hidden drawings are something of a tradition in Swiss maps.

June 22, 2026June 21, 2026 | Oddities

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