2012-10-31
Nature's Radar, my academic paper on natural navigation observations during a small boat voyage in the North Atlantic has just been published by the Journal of Navigation. A full colour PDF copy is available by clicking here There is also a rough HTML version. Journal of Navigation, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=8725663
2011-07-01
I have been meaning to blog about whales for some time. My apologies to those who have gone without a good whale navigation blog for too long and who have doubtless suffered needlessly as a result. A story about the way whales navigate made the news a few weeks ago. Having rushed to buy the academic research paper behind the story, entitled 'Straight as an Arrow', I can confirm that it is indeed a fascinating story. However, the fascination lies not in the research content but in its honest gaps. For the research a team tracked humpback whales…
2010-10-04
On Friday I enjoyed a warming cup of hot chocolate with adventurer and ocean rower extraordinaire, Sarah Outen. We arranged to meet in Brighton and I had hoped to saunter between the boutiques and purveyors of rare tat, before pulling up a chair in a bohemian cafe near the sea. Instead I sprinted twenty yards from the train station, felt the cold heavy rain run down my neck and then ducked into a disappointingly ordinary peddler of hot drinks. Fortunately I got a chance to escape all that by listening to Sarah's memories of rowing, alone, across…
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