The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific

Synopsis

In hand-built, double-hulled canoes sixty feet long, the ancestors of today's Polynesians sailed vast distances using only the waves, the stars, and the flights of birds to navigate. Anthropologist Sanford Low visits the Caroline Islands of Micronesia to meet Mau Piailug, the last navigator initiated on his island and one of few men still practicing this once-essential art. He demonstrates his skill by sailing a replica canoe 2500 miles from Hawaii to Tahiti with no modern navigational instruments.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Boyd Estus Sam Low
Sound	Sound Recordist	Eric Taylor
Writing	Writer	Sam Low
Production	Producer	Sam Low
Editing	Editor	William Anderson
Camera	Camera Production Assistant	Roger Haydock
	Director of Photography	Boyd Estus
Department	Role	Name

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