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Ice Navigation, was: Polar Possessions of the SU
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Oct 26, 21:24 +0000
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Oct 26, 21:24 +0000
In reply to my: >>>Is ice navigation an appropriate topic for the list? George responded: >>Why not, I wonder? Navigation being the art (or science, or perhaps better, >>craft) of getting some sort of transport (ship, aircraft, camel, pair of >>feet, satellite) from A to B in a controlled manner, avoiding obstacles and >>dangers on the way, why should Trevor suggest that the perils of ice be >>excluded? Navigation so broadly defined could include finding my route down the highway in my truck by following road signs or at least finding my way down back roads on foot. Hardly the intent of this list, I suspect. What little I know of ice navigation makes it sound analogous to picking your way around shoals by the colour of the water and the changes in wave patterns on the surface: more or less the opposite end of the marine-navigation spectrum from celestial nav. If those are acceptable grist for the mill, I have no complaints. Trevor Kenchington -- Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 Science Serving the Fisheries http://home.istar.ca/~gadus