Today, we’ll delve into the unique techniques of Polynesian navigation, exploring how keen observation of the natural world enabled pioneers to roam far and wide across the breadth of the Pacific.

Today, we’ll delve into the unique techniques of Polynesian navigation, exploring how keen observation of the natural world enabled pioneers to roam far and wide across the breadth of the Pacific.

Unlike later visitors to the South Pacific, Cook understood that Polynesian navigators could guide canoes across the Pacific over great distances. But these navigational skills, along with the ...

The sea is as near as we come to another world. Anne Stevenson, “North Sea off Carnoustie” (1977) Welcome to The Library of Navigation, a VR experience devoted to Polynesian navigation, a knowledge ...

That’s because the stars are what the navigators used to guide the Polynesian voyaging canoe. The gathering was a show of ...

Last week, renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and Polynesian Voyaging Society CEO Nainoa Thompson joined global leaders in Paris for “SOS Ocean,” a high-level gathering held March 30-31 at the ...

Thousands of years before Norse sailors landed in Newfoundland or Columbus set sail in search of the northwest passage, Polynesian navigators were exploring the vast open waters of the Pacific Ocean.