Navigation on Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition
There was an interesting article in Navigation News recently, The Long Journey Home, which looked at Amundsen’s navigation techniques on his South Pole expedition. The…
There was an interesting article in Navigation News recently, The Long Journey Home, which looked at Amundsen’s navigation techniques on his South Pole expedition. The…
I have just returned from Scotland, where I have been doing some more research for the book I’m working on. In Edinburgh, I had the…
In this photo, one of the Outward Bound Oman instructors, who I visited recently, is being taught how to use a traditional and beautifully simple…
My thanks to William Goble for bringing my attention to a extraordinary piece of navigation history. Although standard practice in aerial navigation at the time,…
What a difference an hour makes, I took this photo only one hour later than yesterday’s. Venus was still visible to the naked eye, but…