Farley Mowat, in his book which I think is called West Viking or something similar, has appendices on things like how the Vikings navigated. One technique was to release a captive raven. The raven would fly up until it spotted land and then head for it. If the raven headed back home, the mariners knew they were closer to home than any other land. If it headed towards the destination, they steered the raven's course. Fascinating book! Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 27 2002 - 05:38:52 PST
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