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Re: Mirage at Isles of Shoals
From: Dale Lichtblau
Date: 2022 Apr 12, 17:56 -0700
From: Dale Lichtblau
Date: 2022 Apr 12, 17:56 -0700
Frank's remark about navigators recording multiple longitudes reminded me of a site/project that I stumbled upon just the other day...transcribing ships' logs for Zooniverse. I tried my hand at Ancient Greek on fragments of papyrus many years ago, with little success, but this looks much easier. Something similar was done in 2012? Here's an announcement from today:
https://weather-rescue-at-sea.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-update-weather-rescue-at-sea-12-apr.html