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“The ice edge is lost” – but can it be mapped?

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Geography Directions:
By Philip Steinberg, Professor of Political Geography, Durham University and Berit Kristoffersen, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway Photo courtesy of US National Snow and Ice Data Center, http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/2012/09/Figure4b.png…

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Various Uses of Sextant and How it Works

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

Even today big ships are all required to carry working sextants and the navigating officers have regular routines to keep themselves familiar with making it work. Despite all the Global Positioning Satellites, gyro compasses and radio communications it is at … Continue reading →

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History of Sextant

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

How do navigators use the stars, including our sun, the moon, and planets to find their way? Well, for at least two millennia, navigators have known how to determine their latitude — their position north or south of the equator. … Continue reading →

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चक्रवात

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Allaboutexam:
चक्रवात ****** – वे निम्न वायुदाब के केन्द्र जिसके चारों ओर बढ़ते हुये वायुदाब की समदाब रेखायें होती हैं। चक्रवात में पवन की दिशा-परिधि से केन्द्र की ओर हेती हैं। – उत्तार-गोलार्द्ध में यह हवा घड़ी…

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