It was an exciting morning had by all aboard the James Robert Hannsen today during a morning “work day.” I’ll let him tell the story himself, but the gist of it is that in the span of just 3 hours, we got 2 sets of good sparks from the wind turbine, blew out our power, got […]
Daily Update 2.7 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/21/13 Now that we have learned a bit about the ships that the past explorers used let’s take a look at how these world travelers navigated. The first people who ventured out to sea stayed within sight of land. For many years this was the main strategy […]
Daily Update 2.6 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/20/13 The Vikings have probably the most iconic design of any of the ancient ships. The Longship was the dominant ship for 3 centuries from 800-1100 A.D.
I had just put in my ear plugs. These and a bandanna wrapped about my eyes have been the best way I can find sleep out here and I was feeling like this was going to be a good one. I sighed and settled into the constant roll of the boat that, although no longer […]
Daily Update 2.5 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/19/13 Last week we learned about a number of different explorers and where they may have traveled. This week we are going to look at how they got there. We will start with the different types of ships they used and then examine the different tools and […]