Category: Navigation | WW3 Survival

Welcome to corporals corner today, we’re going to talk about basic land navigation using a map and compass so stick around Last time we talked about land navigation. We kept it simple and discussed the basics using a Suunto mc2 So I thought today why not continue that discussion and keep it simple – a quick review I’m going through a topographical map into that equation So here we have our basic Suunto MC to start here at the top we have our signal and sighting mirror It can be…

General Survival Navigation

Navigate using the Stars

April 9, 2022March 30, 2022 TaathNavigate using the Stars0 comment

For centuries, travelers use the stars to guide them on their journey. How is it possible to know where you are just by looking up the sky? The sky is constantly in motion because we’re in motion. Every day we go spinning around the earth at 800 miles per hour like a giant roller coaster. Now you get the same relative motion if instead of the earth rotating, you have the sky rotating around the earth. This is what you’ll see if you track the night sky. The Earth’s axis…

General Survival Navigation

How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? – Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

April 7, 2022March 26, 2022 TaathHow did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean?0 comment

Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. That’s a body of water that covers more than 160 million square kilometers, greater than all the landmasses on Earth combined. For thousands of years, Polynesian navigators managed voyages like this without the help of modern navigational aids. Ancient Polynesians used the Sun, Moon, stars, planets, ocean currents, and clouds as guides that allowed them to see the ocean as a series of pathways rather…

General Survival Navigation

A Guide To Navigating the Stars Without a Smartphone

April 5, 2022March 26, 2022 TaathA Guide To Navigating the Stars Without a Smartphone0 comment

What happens when you’re lost and you don’t have your phone to give you directions? We all have that one road, building, or tree that helps us remember where we’re going. Without those kinds of landmarks, it might be harder to navigate an unfamiliar place. But what do you do when there’s nothing recognizable around you? Well, you look up. The stars that we see in the sky today are the same ones that guided the ancient Egyptians in building their pyramids and maritime travelers in their travels around the…

General Survival Navigation

How To Navigate Using the Stars

March 30, 2022March 26, 2022 TaathHow To Navigate Using the Stars0 comment

Without clouds, about 6,000 stars are visible in the night sky, from anywhere on Earth. This number is lower in areas of heavy light pollution, but for the most of human history, this is what we had to look up to. In earlier times, there were many ideas as to what the stars were. The Greeks saw constellations, who were sentient, divine beings, awarded with the place among the stars, for some great deed done long ago. To the Paiute tribe, who lived in the Great Basin of North America,…