NavList:

Had a quick look at your website Geoffrey and am very intrigued and
impressed. As soon as the dust settles 'round here (no pun intended) I may
have some questions for you.

Good on ya mate.

Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey Kolbe" <g.kolbe@btconnect.com>
To: <NavList@fer3.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 4:53 AM
Subject: [NavList 340] Celestial navigation in the Sahara desert


>
> At the end of March and the beginning of April this year, I participated
> in
> an expedition into the Southern Sahara. We visited the Libyan Desert Glass
> area, saw rock engravings at the site of the legendary lost oasis of
> Zerzera, marvelled at cave paintings at Wadi Sora and the
> Foggini-Mestekawi
> cave in the Gilf Kebir, and examined the site of "The Largest Crater in
> the
> Great Sahara", whose discovery was announced at the beginning of March.
>
> All the while, I kept track of our travels using ded reckoning and fixed
> the position of our camp sites using celestial navigation. If you are
> interested in reading an account of this exercise in inland navigation
> using a bubble sextant, I have posted it to the Pisces Press website at
> http://www.pisces-press.com/C-Nav
>
> There are a number of maps and photos, so even with broadband it will take
> a couple of minutes to download.
>
> Geoffrey Kolbe
>
>
> >


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