celestial navigation
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The great and the small collide when the Tu‘itonga’s two younger children surprisingly appear on Bird Island, led by the middle son, a “wayfinder” who has learned the sacred craft of celestial navigation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Sitting there, appreciating Aiken’s wry assessment of his own uncertain celestial navigation, I wondered what he would make of his hometown’s road map from past to present to future.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022
Other, broader impacts could affect life worldwide: the presence of satellites contributes to a background glow in the sky that can disorient animals that rely on celestial navigation.
From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2022
To top it off, the crew managed this feat without the aid of maps or radio contact, using only celestial navigation and an atlas obtained from a library in New Zealand.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021
You tell me to follow your rules of celestial navigation.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
