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Re: Navigation and whaling
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Feb 22, 05:36 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Feb 22, 05:36 -0800
George H, you wrote: "I would go along with Brad, in presuming that Worsley had gone back to navigational techniques of the previous century." Celestial lines of position were not the norm until well into the twentieth century. But it would be interesting to compare the navigation at earlier points in this expedition, before things became desperate. Did they use LOPs at any point? Or was it latitude by meridian altitudes and longitude by time sights even when they had the luxury of warm quarters and dry charts? -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
