Even if the old ways of navigating can still work today, it's not that easy to find people who are adept enough to regularly ...

Celebrate the Hōkūleʻa, a replica Polynesian voyaging canoe, and its journey to revive ancient navigation methods using only nature's cues. Great Big Story Posted: May 27, 2024 | Last updated ...

For Van Tilburg, the Polynesian canoe is a metaphor in her theories of how the Easter Islanders transported and erected their 15-ton moai. "It's not much different from erecting a mast on a very ...

Waves, Winds and Stars" show at the Ohio State University Arne Slettebak Planetarium is an interactive new show exploring the ...

And yet, evidence suggests that Polynesian navigators were able to find their way to the area’s island chains by 500 A.D., and perhaps even as early on as 100-200 A.D.

“Before the voyage, you study the stars and the natural environment. It’s about familiarization,” Blankenfeld said. Throughout the journey, navigators rely on their observations of the horizon, the ...

Modern navigators, ancient Polynesian wisdom. Wade Davis. Published October 9, 2009. This article was published more than 15 years ago. Some information may no longer be current.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing traditional Polynesian navigation and voyaging techniques. It was ...

How far they’ll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation Published: February 14, 2017 2:08pm EST. Duane Hamacher, Monash University, Carla Bento Guedes, UNSW Sydney. Authors ...

Long before Europeans arrived, Polynesian wayfinders sailed to islands across the central Pacific in canoes, and the stories of their adventures have survived largely through oral history.