Research Catalog

Title

Across the wide ocean : the why, how, and where of navigation for humans and animals at sea / Karen Romano Young.

Author

Young, Karen Romano.

Publication

New York : Greenwillow Books, c2007.

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Details

Description

80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.); 29 cm.

Summary

"In the world's last uncharted frontier, most things are on the move--often a long move. Using maps and charts, oceanography and navigational tools, intrepid explorers and researchers have followed the ocean's pathways and created some of their own"--Front jacket flap.

Subject

• Navigation
• Marine animals > Behavior
• Animal navigation
• Ocean

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76) and index.

Audience (note)

• 009-012.

Contents

Big picture -- Sea turtle: True navigation -- Lost? -- Magnetic force -- Compass -- Sailboat: Where am I? -- Around the ocean -- Celestial navigation -- Navigation system -- Right whale: Whale migration -- Whale tales -- Sounds -- Checking in -- Submarine: North Pole -- Vertical navigation -- Beneath the surface -- Shark: On the trail of sharks -- Currents and weather -- Adrift -- Container ship: " A ship in a harbor is safe..." -- "...but that is not what ships are for" -- Heavy seas ahead! -- "Get off that boat!" -- Bon voyage, all!: What a tale! -- Deeper waters -- Books for children -- Books for adults -- Films and videos -- Websites -- Photo credits -- Index.

Call Number

J 623.89 Y

ISBN

• 0060090863
• 9780060090869
• 0060090871 (lib. bdg.)
• 9780060090876 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN

2005046146

OCLC

59280290

Author

Young, Karen Romano.

Title

Across the wide ocean : the why, how, and where of navigation for humans and animals at sea / Karen Romano Young.

Imprint

New York : Greenwillow Books, c2007.

Edition

1st ed.

Audience

009-012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76) and index.

Research Call Number

J 623.89 Y