Exhibit - September 2004

Finding Your Way, Navigation at Sea

The Whaling Museum on Main Street in
Cold Spring Harbor opened its new special exhibition,
“Finding Your Way: Navigation at Sea”, on September 21, 2004.

Navigation is the process of determining where you are in the ocean and getting you to where you want to be.

Many of the techniques used by the whale ships of the 1800’s remain in use today. Others have been largely replaced by electronics, but remain useful and reliable for today’s navigator.

This exhibit will touch on how to measure latitude and longitude and how to use a compass and chip log for dead reckoning. Visitors will explore and try out classic navigation techniques and the scientific principles which underlie them, gaining along the way a fresh appreciation for the sophistication of the seemingly primitive whaling industry of over a century ago.

Learn how the Cold Spring Harbor whalemen found their way home.

The exhibit will be open through August of 2005. The Whaling Museum, located on route 25A in Cold Spring Harbor, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. For further information call 631-367-3418; www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.