Rough Science find latitude and longitude

[Creek Walker]

I ran across this old PBS series on youtube that I had watched a few years ago and it is where they take scientist and give them 3 days to perform different task.

This episode is located in the Mediterranean on an Island and they have to find their latitude and longitude with the bare numpties. Along with

Make a Saucepan Radio

Make a Camera and Film

Generate Electricity

Make Soap


There was 4 in the series of Rough Science

Some of these have bushcraft related items of interest and some don't.

Mediterranean
Carriacou
New Zealand
Death Valley

http://www.pbs.org/weta/roughscience/series1/

Rough Science s1e1 - Mediterranean Mystery 1/3 - YouTube

Rough Science s1e1 - Mediterranean Mystery 2/3 - YouTube

Rough Science s1e1 - Mediterranean Mystery 3/3 - YouTube

Yes I'm a documentary junky.

Latitude and longitude step by step
http://www.pbs.org/weta/roughscience/series1/challenges/latlong/

 

[RangerXanatos]

Looks very neat. I'll have to wait for a better connection to watch the videos.