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Iceland Spar as a Navigational Aid for Vikings?
November 4, 2011 | Proceedings of the Royal Society

An article in the Proceedings of the Royal Society speculates that Vikings might have used Iceland spar (clear calcite) to detect the position of the sun while sailing in thick fog.


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