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Re: Beating a Dead Horse (aka Worsley's Sextant)
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Jun 5, 20:44 -0400
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Jun 5, 20:44 -0400
This is so clearly not the model.
The actual sextant tours with the Caird.
Brad
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 4:32 PM David Pike <NoReply_DavidPike@fer3.com> wrote:
I just found another source that says that the sextant used by Worsley on the Caird is the one in this photograph:
Just kidding - that one's mine.
StanA three circle sextant for the James Caird appears again http://www.oceannavigator.com/Web-Exclusives-2018/Shackletons-boat-voyage-remembered/ (fourth picture down). This time without the "Just Kidding". DaveP
