The Sun Is a Compass

The Sun Is a Compass
Author: Caroline Van Hemert
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0316414433
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For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel

The Natural Navigator

The Natural Navigator
Author: Tristan Gooley
Publisher: The Experiment
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2012-06-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1615191550
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.

Finding Your Way Without Map Or Compass

Finding Your Way Without Map Or Compass
Author: Harold Gatty
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1998-12-23
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780486406138
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Shows how to determine locations in the wilderness, in a desert, in snow-covered areas, and on the ocean, applying methods used by aboriginal peoples and early explorers

Love Had a Compass

Love Had a Compass
Author: Robert Lax
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-02-19
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0802146988
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"Among America's greatest poets, a true minimalist who can weave awesome poems from remarkably few words." -Richard Kostelanetz, New York Times Book Review Every generation of poets seems to harbor its own hidden genius, one whose stature and brilliance come to light after his talent has already been achieved and exercised. The same drama of obscurity and nuance that attended the discovery of Emily Dickinson and Wallace Stevens is suggested by the career of Robert Lax. An expatriate American whose work to date — more than forty books — has been published mostly in Europe, this 85-year-old poet built a following in the U.S. among figures as widespread as Mark Van Doren, e. e. cummings, Jack Kerouac, and Sun Ra. The works in Love Had a Compass represent every stage of Lax's development as a poet, from his early years in the 1940s as a staff writer for The New Yorker to his present life on the Greek Island of Patmos. An inveterate wanderer, Lax's own sense of himself as both exile and pilgrim is carefully evoked in his prose journals and informs the pages of the Marseille Diaries, published here for the first time. Together with the poems, they provide the best portrait available to date of one of the most striking and original poets of our age.

The Sun Is a Compass

The Sun Is a Compass
Author: Caroline Van Hemert
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780316414449
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For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel

Summary of Caroline Van Hemert's The Sun Is a Compass

Summary of Caroline Van Hemert's The Sun Is a Compass
Author: Everest Media,
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2022-07-17T22:59:00Z
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I have always loved the outdoors, but I was a bookworm as a kid. I found an escape in stories, and I loved learning about the world around me. I would bargain for my reading time, and sometimes my parents would force me to go outdoors. #2 I had a difficult time finding my place at the University of Arizona. The school was large and freshman classes hosted a hundred students or more. The university’s social scene was built around sororities and fraternities, which I had no interest in joining. #3 I learned a lot from Dr. Bill Calder, a professor in his sixties who had more energy than our entire roster of twenty-five college students. He would roust us from our tents just as the sun was beginning to color the acacia bushes red, and prod us to hurry, get up, there’s so much to see out here. #4 I had a difficult time finding a job as a field biologist, and when I did, it was with a local ornithologist who allowed a small number of volunteers to help her band birds. I was extremely nervous, but the crew leader hired me anyway.

The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass

The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass
Author: Christopher Nyerges
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1510749926
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Learn how to navigate without a compass, even when it seems impossible! Whether we are walking or driving, whether in the woods, on the water, or in the city, it’s vital that we know where we are and are able to find our way around. But with society’s current dependence on modern tools and technology, many persons would have no idea how to navigate without a compass or GPS. In an emergency situation, that lack of knowledge could easily prove fatal. In The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass, survival expert Christopher Nyerges provides readers with all the skills that they may need to navigate naturally. The book begins by describing the meaning of natural navigation, and then moves on to describe, in detail, the methods of natural navigation, including using the sun, the stars, the moon, and shadows. Additional topics include: How to read a map How to make a sun dial How to make a star dial How to use clouds to predict weather patterns How to track celestial changes How to gauge time through natural observation And much more! With helpful diagrams, illustrations, and sidebars, The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass is the fundamental reference book for learning how to navigate by natural methods.

Technical Report

Technical Report
Author: Aeronautical Research Council (Great Britain)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 640
Release: 1923
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN:
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Includes its Reports, which are also issued separately.