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Disputing Viking navigation by polarized skylight.

C Roslund, C Beckman.   

Abstract

The widely held notion that the Vikings utilized polarization of skylight on overcast days for navigational purposes is demonstrated to have no scientific basis. The use of polarized skylight for navigation under partly cloudfree skies should be treated with caution and skepticism.

Year:  1994        PMID： 20935849     DOI： 10.1364/AO.33.004754

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Appl Opt        ISSN： 1559-128X            Impact factor:   1.980


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Review 1.  On the trail of Vikings with polarized skylight: experimental study of the atmospheric optical prerequisites allowing polarimetric navigation by Viking seafarers.

Authors:  Gábor Horváth; András Barta; István Pomozi; Bence Suhai; Ramón Hegedüs; Susanne Akesson; Benno Meyer-Rochow; Rüdiger Wehner
Journal:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci       Date:  2011-03-12       Impact factor: 6.237

2.  How could the Viking Sun compass be used with sunstones before and after sunset? Twilight board as a new interpretation of the Uunartoq artefact fragment.

Authors:  Balázs Bernáth; Alexandra Farkas; Dénes Száz; Miklós Blahó; Adám Egri; András Barta; Susanne Akesson; Gábor Horváth
Journal:  Proc Math Phys Eng Sci       Date:  2014-06-08       Impact factor: 2.704

3.  North error estimation based on solar elevation errors in the third step of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation.

Authors:  Dénes Száz; Alexandra Farkas; András Barta; Balázs Kretzer; Ádám Egri; Gábor Horváth
Journal:  Proc Math Phys Eng Sci       Date:  2016-07       Impact factor: 2.704

4.  Adjustment errors of sunstones in the first step of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation: studies with dichroic cordierite/ tourmaline and birefringent calcite crystals.

Authors:  Dénes Száz; Alexandra Farkas; Miklós Blahó; András Barta; Ádám Egri; Balázs Kretzer; Tibor Hegedüs; Zoltán Jäger; Gábor Horváth
Journal:  R Soc Open Sci       Date:  2016-01-20       Impact factor: 2.963

5.  Celestial polarization patterns sufficient for Viking navigation with the naked eye: detectability of Haidinger's brushes on the sky versus meteorological conditions.

Authors:  Gábor Horváth; Péter Takács; Balázs Kretzer; Szilvia Szilasi; Dénes Száz; Alexandra Farkas; András Barta
Journal:  R Soc Open Sci       Date:  2017-02-08       Impact factor: 2.963

6.  Bionic Integrated Positioning Mechanism Based on Bioinspired Polarization Compass and Inertial Navigation System.

Authors:  Qingyun Zhang; Jian Yang; Panpan Huang; Xin Liu; Shanpeng Wang; Lei Guo
Journal:  Sensors (Basel)       Date:  2021-02-04       Impact factor: 3.576

7.  Success of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation: revealing the chance Viking sailors could reach Greenland from Norway.

Authors:  Dénes Száz; Gábor Horváth
Journal:  R Soc Open Sci       Date:  2018-04-04       Impact factor: 2.963

8.  Sensitivity and robustness of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation: Sailing success is most sensitive to night sailing, navigation periodicity and sailing date, but robust against weather conditions.

Authors:  Péter Takács; Dénes Száz; Ádám Pereszlényi; Gábor Horváth
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2022-02-02       Impact factor: 3.240
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