Year 10 day 3
I haven’t tried to explore the oceans, for the simple reason that they don’t have landmarks. For some reason it was not until early this morning that it occurred to me: couldn’t I teleport directly to a given latitude and longitude? I wouldn’t dare do it over uneven ground, of course, unless I teleported to a point high enough there was no chance of arriving underground. But a latitude and longitude where I had been before, where I knew there was nothing but water beneath me ….
I checked the coordinates I have recorded, and found two points from which I had gone high enough to be sure there was nothing but the tideless sea in sight, and where I could triangulate to a point at a latitude and longitude that I was sure was over water. It worked! So if I flew directly north from the northernmost land mass I have found, and teleported back to my home when I was tired, I could resume flight the next day from the latitude and longitude I had reached the day before.
I’ve been worrying about whether there was a northern ice cap, and this way I can find out.
I’m confident now it does not reach the peninsula I have been exploring; there is a warm current from the south washing its shores. But if I head due north, I can at least find out if the pole is ice-free. The northward equinox is the ideal time; I will have enough sunlight to see easily but any ice will not have melted yet.
Besides, it will give me something to do until the People return.
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It’s definitely not easy to pinpoint anything in a vast ocean. I like the idea of teleportation but the transporter would have to be water-tight and well-sealed.
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He’s teleporting himself, not a capsule, and levitating to stay above the surface. The concern about height over land is because teleporting to a place filled with rock would be — messy.