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Author Young, Karen Romano.

Title Across the wide ocean : the why, how, and where of navigation for humans and animals at sea / Karen Romano Young.

Publication Info. New York : Greenwillow Books, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J551.46 YOU    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J 623.89 YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 623.89 YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J551.46 YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J NATURE 551.46 YOU    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  J 623.8 YOU    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Audience 009-012.
Summary "In the world's last uncharted frontier, most things are on the move--often a long move. Using maps and charts, oceanography and navigational tools, intrepid explorers and researchers have followed the ocean's pathways and created some of their own"--Front jacket flap.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76) and index.
Contents Big picture -- Sea turtle: True navigation -- Lost? -- Magnetic force -- Compass -- Sailboat: Where am I? -- Around the ocean -- Celestial navigation -- Navigation system -- Right whale: Whale migration -- Whale tales -- Sounds -- Checking in -- Submarine: North Pole -- Vertical navigation -- Beneath the surface -- Shark: On the trail of sharks -- Currents and weather -- Adrift -- Container ship: " A ship in a harbor is safe..." -- "...but that is not what ships are for" -- Heavy seas ahead! -- "Get off that boat!" -- Bon voyage, all!: What a tale! -- Deeper waters -- Books for children -- Books for adults -- Films and videos -- Websites -- Photo credits -- Index.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 3.0 116610.
Subject Marine animals -- Behavior -- Juvenile literature.
Animal navigation -- Juvenile literature.
Navigation -- Juvenile literature.
Ocean -- Juvenile literature.
Marine animals -- Behavior.
Animal navigation.
Navigation.
Ocean.
ISBN 0060090863
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