Navigation of the world’s wild places using a compass and paper map is a must-have skill. With it, you’ll always find your way home. Little magnetic needles have been pointing the way for explorers ...

Navigation with map and compass is one of the many skills required to become a registered Maine guide. Credit: Courtesy of Aislinn Sarnacki You can read maps for years and not see all the information ...

Before Ernest Shackleton left on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914, he published a detailed map of the route he planned to take in becoming the first to cross the frozen continent. It ...