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Feb
22
Navigation without any instruments
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I happened upon the US Army Survival Manual on the Internet. Chapter 18 is devoted to navigation. Here is an excerpt: “If the moon rises before the sun has set, the illuminated side will be the west. If the moon rises after midnight, the illuminated side will be the east.” There are [...]