Tag: tropics
A Merry Tough Christmas Navigation Riddle
This time of year poses some logistical challenges for Santa and his team. Can you help him? Few people realise that in order to be…
Natural Navigation in Brazil
A guest article by Pedro Jovchelevich Natural navigation in tropical biomes – My experience in the southeastern region of Brazil First of all I would…
Nigerian Signs
Something a bit different today. My thanks to Chris McCosh, for coming on an Instructor’s Course in 2018, and for passing on his findings in…
Water Reading Courses in the Maldives
I have just returned from an extraordinary visit to the Soneva Fushi resort in the Baa Atoll region of the Maldives. I was there to…
Back From Borneo
I have recently returned from an expedition to the heart of Borneo. There were three stages: 3 flights and 8 days in small boats to…
Analemmas and the Equation of Time
If you stood on the same spot and took a photo of the sun every day during a year’s worth of good weather, at exactly…
Natural Navigational Riches Courtesy of Gustave Flaubert
The wind brings with it the character of the land, or water, it passes over. It adopts signature scents and temperatures and if the land…
Tropical Midday Shadow
On holiday I did try very hard not to think too much about navigation, but wherever I am I cannot resist checking that the sun…