It will be facing magnetic north ... ships need to know they are sailing in the right direction. A ship’s navigator uses a compass to check that they are still on course. Explorers also use ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships ... re using a compass or a GPS system, knowing exactly where these ...

PHILADELPHIA, July 31. -- As the British ship Mohican made for the Delaware Breakwater to-day, according to the Captain and crew, it encountered a strange phenomenon. Capt. Urquhart says ...

But severe space weather can still tamper with magnetic equipment like compasses and the electrical grid. A solar storm may have pulled the ship's compass needle in the wrong direction ...