Which map projection has minor distortions of the polar areas but outlines of the continents are mostly accurate?

Mercadator or Orthomorphic

Explanation:

This type of projection is basically,  a good guide for navigators and to show the continents on a map but it distorts the shape at the poles at the north and south side. such as the Greenland shape is a bit distorted and appears bigger than North America.

no

explanation:

since the earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator, geodesy represents the figure of the earth as an oblate spheroid. the oblate spheroid, or oblate ellipsoid, is an ellipsoid of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.