Ants Build Landmarks
Humans are so accustomed to using landmarks that we usually don’t even realise when we are doing it. “Turn left at the post office.” “Meet…
Tag: stone cairns
Naturally Navigating Dartmoor
The Foggiest Idea by Tom Vanderbilt. Published in Outside Magazine December 2010. I’VE LATELY COME to the realization that my whole sense of direction has been slipping…
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…