It is instructive actually, especially since I have trouble putting stuff on globes myself. (Google Earth glitches on my system.) The issues with the North Pole are because the Wikipedia map is a Mercator projection and doesn't show the polar regions at all. (Note how Greenland is cut off on the map).

My own planet has plate boundaries running almost straight over both poles. That's given me some projection challenges.

Hmmm, maybe I should post my own plates. I was going to wait until I had the DEM for the oceans.