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| - | The Plough in the northern sky – once you've found it, it's easy to find Polaris. | + | _The Plough in the northern sky – once you've found it, it's easy to find Polaris._ |
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| - | Spiders' webs are often sheltered from south-westerly winds. | + | _Spiders' webs are often sheltered from south-westerly winds._ |
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| - | How to take a compass | + | _How to take a compass |
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| - | In the northern hemisphere, trees tend to have more growth, on the south side. It can be quite subtle, but branches on the south side are often horizonal – reaching towards the sun; and branches on the north side are often slightly more vertical, as if they are trying to reach up and over towards the sun. | + | _In the northern hemisphere, trees tend to have more growth, on the south side. It can be quite subtle, but branches on the south side are often horizonal – reaching towards the sun; and branches on the north side are often slightly more vertical, as if they are trying to reach up and over towards the sun._ |
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| - | A sextant. | + | _A sextant._ |
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| - | Finding | + | _Finding |
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| - | In the northern hemisphere, you can find south by creating an imaginary line between the two points of a crescent moon and extrapolating it to the earth' | + | _In the northern hemisphere, you can find south by creating an imaginary line between the two points of a crescent moon and extrapolating it to the earth' |
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| - | Calibrating | + | _Calibrating |
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| - | Trees often lean away from prevailing winds. | + | _Trees |
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| - | Urban navigation: in the northern hemisphere, satellite dishes face south. | + | _Urban |
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| - | ## Specialists | + | ## Specialist curators of this topic |