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New York Times article on Viking Navigation and their use of "Sunstones"
From: Ed Popko
Date: 2018 Apr 8, 03:34 -0700
From: Ed Popko
Date: 2018 Apr 8, 03:34 -0700
Perhaps a rerun of old news, the New York Times newspaper ran this story today ...
"When the Vikings left the familiar fjords of Norway for icy, uncharted territories, they were at the mercy of weather. They had no magnetic compasses, and no way to ward off stretches of heavy clouds or fog that made it difficult to navigate by sun. How the explorers traversed open ocean during these times is a mystery that has long captivated scholars."
www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/science/vikings-navigation-sunstones.html
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