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    English - Direction North South East West - Rosa Dos Ventos

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    This document discusses how to navigate and find directions without modern instruments on the open ocean. It explains that northeast means a direction between north and east, and describes how to determine directions using the position of the sun and stars. Specifically, it notes that the North Star remains fixed in the sky and points towards the North Pole, allowing someone to navigate at night even without tools.

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    This document discusses how to navigate and find directions without modern instruments on the open ocean. It explains that northeast means a direction between north and east, and describes how to determine directions using the position of the sun and stars. Specifically, it notes that the North Star remains fixed in the sky and points towards the North Pole, allowing someone to navigate at night even without tools.

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    This document discusses how to navigate and find directions without modern instruments on the open ocean. It explains that northeast means a direction between north and east, and describes how to determine directions using the position of the sun and stars. Specifically, it notes that the North Star remains fixed in the sky and points towards the North Pole, allowing someone to navigate at night even without tools.

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    This document discusses how to navigate and find directions without modern instruments on the open ocean. It explains that northeast means a direction between north and east, and describes how to determine directions using the position of the sun and stars. Specifically, it notes that the North Star remains fixed in the sky and points towards the North Pole, allowing someone to navigate at night even without tools.

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    DIRECTION

    (The Meaning of North, South, East and West - and How to


    Find Them)

    "Imagine that you are in a sailboat. You are


    faced with the problem of crossing the three
    thousand miles of open ocean that separate New
    York and London. You are told that the
    direction (in nautical terms, 'bearing') you want
    to go in to get to London is roughly northeast.
    But you have no instruments of any kind to help
    you! Once you leave visible landmarks near the
    shore, everything from horizon to horizon is just
    water, all of which looks pretty much the same!
    How are you going to find your way?!"

    "A good question! But first of all, what does northeast mean?"

    "Well, Lou, the earth rotates about an


    imaginary line called its AXIS. The two
    points on the earth's surface where the axis
    emerges are called the 'NORTH POLE' and
    the 'SOUTH POLE.' Any line pointing along
    the Earth's surface towards the North Pole is
    said to be pointing 'north.' Any line pointing
    along the Earth's surface towards the South
    Pole is said to be pointing 'south.' 'East' is at
    right angles to north in a clockwise direction;
    'west' is at right angles to north in a
    counterclockwise direction. 'Northeast' is the
    direction halfway between north and east!"

    "I got it! But be practical, Lulu. There you are in the middle of the ocean. Nothing to see
    but water in every direction. How do you know which way is north? Or any other
    direction!?"
    "What do you think you could see that would always be in the same direction?"

    "How about the sun?"

    "Well, your thinking is up in the air, Lou, which


    is where it should be! But the sun isn't so easy.
    The trouble with the sun is that its position is
    always changing - it changes with the time of
    day and it changes throughout the year! But
    when it's at its ZENITH, the highest point that it
    reaches each day, it is directly south if you're
    north of the equator, and directly north if you're
    south of the equator!"

    "That sounds pretty good!"

    "Yeh! But how easy is it to know when it's reached its highest point? It can be done with an
    instrument called a SEXTANT, but it takes some skill! But remember! You don't have any
    instruments!
    But all (and you) is not lost! Strangely enough, in some ways it's easier to get direction at
    night!"

    "You mean the stars!"


    "Not any star, Lou, but a
    particular star. As the
    Earth rotates on its axis,
    all the stars except one
    appear to move in circles
    across the sky during the
    night. The only star that
    doesn't seem to move is
    'alpha Ursae Minoris!' To
    you, the 'North Star!'"

    "OK, so to go north, you go towards the point on the horizon directly beneath the North
    Star (the green dot). But what do you do when it's cloudy or it's daytime?!"

    "Good questions! Now we have to allow you an instrument! You could use...a compass! Go
    to 'Direction' and click on 'The Compass'!!""

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