Those that Credit: public domain The Polynesian people, inhabiting the islands in the Pacific Ocean, embarked on epic voyages across vast distances well before the advent of modern navigation tools.

Only after many years of learning how to voyage long distances, and to survive on the high islands and atolls they found in the sea, did the ocean-oriented Polynesian culture take on its classic form.

The answer lies in the deeply-rooted traditions of Polynesian culture. The people of the Pacific are intimately tied to the ocean. They sailed the sea hundreds of years before Europeans ...

Disney's Moana depicts wayfinding — the process of orienting and traveling from place to place — as a main plot point in helping the Polynesian voyagers navigate across the ocean. These explorers ...

Polynesians are renowned seafarers, and their island empire stretched from Hawaii to New Zealand and Easter Island. Although ...

“I favor the Polynesian theory, since we know that the Polynesians were intentionally exploring the ocean and discovering some of the most distant Pacific islands around exactly the time of ...

The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) is inviting the public to join in a series of special events to celebrate the 50th ...

By accurately showing how Polynesian navigators used the stars to sail across the ocean, Moana helps even those of us who have never sailed at night to understand the methods of celestial navigation.