Traditional Western Pacific Navigation and Sattuwal Atoll

Traditional Western Pacific Navigation

• Secrets of navigation are passed down from one generation to the next in the most remote islands of the Western Pacific.
• A daring nation of seafarers discovered virtually all of the more than 10,000 islands in the sea.

Sattuwal and Mao Pialag

• Sattuwal is a tiny coral atoll measuring one mile square and standing barely eight feet above sea level.
• Mao Pialag learned the art of navigation from his father and grandfather.
• At sunset, Mao teaches his nephew how to recognize weather signs in the sky and sea to pass on his skills.