THE BAREFOOT NAVIGATOR
By Jack Logan

This book is an unusual and fascinating exploration of the skills of navigation employed by the ancients and transferable to the present day. The first half of the book investigates the navigation capabilities of seafarers long before modern navigation instruments or charts became available. For example, how did the Polynesians manage to populate an area of the ocean larger than North America simply by analyzing clouds, cirrents, wind direction, sun, stars, and the flight patterns of ocean birds? And how did the Vikings routinely travel between Iceland, Greenland and Scandinavia—huge tracts of treacherous water?

The second part of the book analyzes how the techniques of the ancients can be employed by 21st century seafarers to supplement today’s navigational hardware—especially in survival situations.

This is a unique analysis of practical technology-free navigation, whose techniques can easily be employed by modern navigators to supplement their personal navigational skills in order to just “know” where they are. It will fascinate navigators and landlubbers alike. SC, 2005, 148 pages. SW 1 lb.