Hey Ray: The Sun Compass 02:28. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - How about some survival science? No, we are not going to wrestle bears, but I am going to show you how to find your direction.

The Vikings are thought to have used a sun compass to navigate across the North Atlantic, but now new research suggests that, with the help of accessory tools, the compass could also have been ...

In a Royal Society paper published this week, a team of researchers examined the Uunartoq disc, a fragment of a Viking sun compass discovered in a medieval convent in Greenland nearly 70 years ago ...

The sun compass held many similarities to and worked on the same principles as the mariner’s sextant, an instrument that wouldn’t be invented until 1757. Related Stories: ...

Monarch butterflies employ a sun compass on their long-distance migration. Surprisingly, a new study shows that the compass is only established during flight. Monarch butterflies are famous for ...

THE sun compass is designed for use anywhere in a belt round the world within two hundred miles north and south of a line from Birmingham to Berlin. Knowing the date and the local time, a simple ...

Sun Compass, Bumstead National Air and Space Museum. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more ... with white luminous figures on black face. 3-1/4 inch diameter metal ...