Islands affecting the ocean

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Tom Brosz — 6/16/2001 4:28:11 AM (archived)

I read an article once that the ancient Polynesian sailors could navigate by observing the characteristics of the ocean around them, noticing subtle changes in the water and wave patterns even when the nearest island was hundreds of miles away. I saw an old Polynesian "map" once made of shells woven into a patterned bundle of sticks that was supposed to identify these "land"marks.

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Hawaiian Isles' Long Tail of Wind and Water . . . - D. Spires - 6/15/2001 4:48:11 PM
- Islands affecting the ocean - Tom Brosz - 6/16/2001 4:28:11 AM
- Cause and Effect ??!! - Nick Hoffman - 6/15/2001 6:43:35 PM
  - Re: Hawaiian Islands - Vince Maglischo - 6/15/2001 8:45:07 PM
    - That's more or less what I was saying, Vince . . . - D. Spires - 6/16/2001 9:37:41 PM
  - I think it was worded a bit loose, but still correctly . . . - D. Spires - 6/15/2001 6:54:47 PM
    - No, No, No - Nick - 6/15/2001 6:56:24 PM
      - Is this because of the coriolis effect? (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/16/2001 6:34:19 AM

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