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Pacific Island Navigation

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019

There was a near perfect ripple map on a very windy West Wittering beach yesterday. The different wave patterns on each side of an island…

March 4, 2019March 19, 2019

Something a little different today – a guest blog. I am very grateful to Hye Jung Kim and all the team at Project Wayfinder for…

September 26, 2018January 21, 2019

Last night I was invited by the very nice people at Tourism New Zealand to the opening of Oceania, a wonderful exhibition at the Royal…

May 10, 2016November 26, 2018

If you feel like a fun test of your observational skills, use this blog to try to answer this question: What colour is the dog’s…

January 10, 2014November 26, 2018

Here is an interesting short video about the Polynesian Wayfinders.

May 3, 2010November 26, 2018

I came across this fantastic map showing the direction of Mecca, known as ‘al Qiblah’, from different parts of the world. It shows quite beautifully…