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In reply to my:
>>>Is ice navigation an appropriate topic for the list?
George responded:
>>Why not, I wonder? Navigation being the art (or science, or perhaps better,
>>craft) of getting some sort of transport (ship, aircraft, camel, pair of
>>feet, satellite) from A to B in a controlled manner, avoiding obstacles and
>>dangers on the way, why should Trevor suggest that the perils of ice be
>>excluded?
Navigation so broadly defined could include finding my route down the
highway in my truck by following road signs or at least finding my way
down back roads on foot. Hardly the intent of this list, I suspect.
What little I know of ice navigation makes it sound analogous to picking
your way around shoals by the colour of the water and the changes in
wave patterns on the surface: more or less the opposite end of the
marine-navigation spectrum from celestial nav. If those are acceptable
grist for the mill, I have no complaints.
Trevor Kenchington
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