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Waka in ocean swell

A Waka in ocean swell, blue skies.

When the celestial clues are unavailable, wayfinding navigators use the ocean swells to determine direction.

Rights: Maui Tauotaha, Polynesian Voyaging Society
Published: 13 November 2014Size: 282.24 KB
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