Examples for simulated sailing routes using SPVN from Norway to Greenland.

• Main Authors: Péter Takács (563290), Dénes Száz (3943997), Ádám Pereszlényi (4575124), Gábor Horváth (3944000)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Cell Biology; Neuroscience; Physiology; Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Science Policy; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified; Information Systems not elsewhere classified; viking voyages along; following input data; could successfully navigate; computer simulations using; 21 &# 8217; polarimetric viking navigation; navigation steps measured; also randomly changed; following relevant sailing; weakly cloudy skies; sky imaging polarimetry; greenland &# 8217; following intrinsic parameters; navigation periodicity; randomly varying; sailing speed; sailing date; night sailing; diurnal sailing; weak influences; visibility distance; sunstone type; sunny sky; start time; southeast coastline; results show; psychophysical laboratory; planetarium experiments; navigational parameters; foggy conditions; error functions; earlier studies; Greenland; Norway; Bergen; Hvarf; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262762.g001

Successful (green) and unsuccessful (red) routes of 1000 Viking voyages from Bergen (Norway) to Hvarf (Greenland) at summer solstice using cordierite sunstone with navigation periodicity Δ t = 1 hour (A, B), Δ t = 3 hours (C, D) and Δ t = 6 hours (E, F) without (A, C, E) and with (B, D, F) night sai...