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Polynesian Navigation: The Dolphins (Clip)

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00:01:42

Sea life can sometimes serve as a marker to help navigators stay on track. Shorty Bertelmann describes how one such living marker, a pod of dolphins, helped him see what navigation is really about.

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Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, HIstory

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Polynesian Navigation: Website Preview (Clip)

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00:01:04

Video teaser for the upcoming launch of the new Exploratorium website, 'Never Lost'. Learn a little bit about Polynesian Navigation in anticipation of the full website

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Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: polynesian navigation, sea, sky, earth, astronomy, stars

Polynesian Navigation: Why Navigate? (Clip)

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00:05:07

What motivates modern navigators? That depends on who you ask. But many explain their passion for voyaging in terms of kuleana--responsibility.

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Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History

Keywords: navigating, stellar navigation

Polynesian Navigation: We Are All Astronomers (Clip)

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00:03:13

The intertwining of astronomy, Hawaiian ancestry, and traditional navigation are the subject of this video featuring astrophysicist Paul Coleman, cultural historian Koa Rice, and captain Billy Richards.

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Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History

Keywords: astronomers, stellar navigation, hawaiian culture


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More about the Exploratorium website: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation
	Hawaiians have rediscovered the Polynesian science and art of navigating without instruments. In this series of videos, you'll hear from various people in the navigation community.