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From: George Huxtable
Date: 2009 Jun 4, 10:57 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2009 Jun 4, 10:57 +0100
John Huth referred to- 2.) The Freuchen-Rasmussen crossing of the North Greenland icecap. Peter Freuchen slept over 24 hours after the west-east crossing and got mixed up by a day. This was in June, and he didn't catch his error. On their return on the east-west recrossing, the intersected the west coast about 60 miles north of their target position. Primary source = Arctic Adventure by Freuchen. It's an interesting error because the declination of the sun changes little in June, but much more rapidly around the equinox, so that fact conspired to cause the largest problem for them on return. ================ Comment from George- Doesn't really fit with a 60-mile Northward error, though. Even at an equinox, the Sun's declination is only changing enough in a day to account for an error of 25 miles or so in latitude. contact George Huxtable, at george@hux.me.uk or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
