{"product_id":"9781472903266","title":"The Barefoot Navigator: Navigating With the Skills of the Ancients","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Navigator \u003c\/i\u003eis an \u003cb\u003eunusual and fascinating \u003c\/b\u003eexploration\u003cbr\u003eof the skills of navigation employed by the ancients and transferrable\u003cbr\u003eto the present day. The first half of the book investigates the\u003cbr\u003enavigation capabilities of seafarers long before modern navigation\u003cbr\u003einstruments or charts became available. For example, how did the\u003cbr\u003ePolynesians manage to populate an area of ocean larger than North\u003cbr\u003eAmerica simply by analysing clouds, currents, wind direction, sun,\u003cbr\u003estars and the flight patterns of ocean birds? And how did the Vikings\u003cbr\u003eroutinely travel between Iceland, Greenland and Scandinavia - huge\u003cbr\u003etracts of treacherous water? The second part of the book analyses how\u003cbr\u003ethe \u003cb\u003etechniques of the ancients can be employed by 21st century seafarers \u003c\/b\u003eto supplement today's navigational hardware - especially in survival situations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a unique analysis of practical technology-free navigation,\u003cbr\u003ewhose techniques can easily be employed by modern navigators to\u003cbr\u003esupplement their personal navigation skills in order to just 'know'\u003cbr\u003ewhere they are. It \u003cb\u003ewill fascinate navigators and landlubbers alike\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125252079856,"sku":"9781472903266","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472903266_p0.jpg?v=1763599104","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472903266","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}