Marshall islanders learn basic navigation from charts that mark
islands with shells or coral pebbles, while bent sticks show wave
patterns between islands. Navigators use waves, winds, clouds,
stars, sun, moon, and birds and fish to know their location.
National Museum of Natural History
Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan
gene carl feldman (gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9428 Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)