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GeoGarage: Polynesian navigators revive a skill that was nearly lost
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GeoGarage blog : press review with marine general thematic. Thursday, July 25, 2013. Polynesian navigators revive a skill that was nearly lost. Captain Cook 'discovers' Tahiti and Hawaii. The natives tell Cook how they navigated the vast Pacific Ocean. Herb Kawainui Kane speaks about Thor Heyerdahl and his Kon-Tiki expedition, and then the Hokule'a (Hōkūle'a)- a re-created ancient double-hulled voyaging canoe (vaka taurua) featured in this extract. Then the band played, waiting dignitaries made speeches ...
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Wind Power
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Doubts on Progress & Technology. Books & References. We believe in progress and technology. Wind Power System Made from Plastic Buckets. A wind power system made from plastic buckets is seen on boats at a floating village in Hanoi, Vietnam June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kham. 8220;Vietnamese families living in slums along the Red River in Hanoi are using red plastic buckets and old printers to help light homes, cook meals and slash electricity costs by as much as a third. See all our low-tech windmill posts.
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On The Rock. Teaching and Living on Pitcairn Island: The Wakatapu Vessels Pass Pitcairn Island
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On The Rock. Teaching and Living on Pitcairn Island. This is the account of Paul and Ruth as they go to live on Pitcairn Island. Monday, November 12, 2012. The Wakatapu Vessels Pass Pitcairn Island. The Wakatapu Vessels Pass Pitcairn Island. Today was a lovely calm day here on Pitcairn Island. This afternoon while teaching in the classroom we heard a voice on the radio from the passing Wakatapu vessels. The two waka originally left Auckland on 17. They left Mangareva on 7. November 13, 2012 at 1:33 AM.
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Polynesian navigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hawaiian double-hulled canoe sailing off Honolulu. Hawaiian navigators sailing multi-hulled canoe, c. 1781. Was used for thousands of years to make long voyages across thousands of miles of open ocean. Travelled to small inhabited islands using only their own senses and knowledge passed by oral tradition. From master to apprentice, often in the form of song. In order to locate directions at various times of day and year, Polynesian. Almost certainly starting out fro...
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On The Rock. Teaching and Living on Pitcairn Island: November 2012
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On The Rock. Teaching and Living on Pitcairn Island. This is the account of Paul and Ruth as they go to live on Pitcairn Island. Sunday, November 25, 2012. 8220;Down the God”on Pitcairn Island. 8220;Down the God”on Pitcairn Island. Many people have read and seen pictures of the petroglyphs in the area of Pitcairn known as Down Rope. Adventurous tourists climb down the cliff face to see them. Less well known and less accessible are the petroglyphs ‘Down the God’. The route down is not for the faint-hearted.
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