Waves, Winds and Stars" show at the Ohio State University Arne Slettebak Planetarium is an interactive new show exploring the ...

For Polynesian navigators, the star was a useful guide for finding Hawaii. Credit: Till Credner, CC BY-SA-3.0. Some techniques are common across many cultures.

Escape to Tahiti, where verdant peaks meet sapphire lagoons, and experience the magic of French Polynesia first-hand.

“Before the voyage, you study the stars and the natural environment. It’s about familiarization,” Blankenfeld said. Throughout the journey, navigators rely on their observations of the horizon, the ...

The founding members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society—which include historian Herb Kawainui Kāne, anthropologist Ben Finney, and expert canoer Tommy Holmes—crafted Hōkūleʻa in the mid-1970s.

On May 1, 1976, a traditional Polynesian canoe called Hōkūleʻa left Honolua Bay in Hawai’i and began the 3,800-kilometer (2,400-mile) journey to Tahiti.

The 2016 animated family film Moana brought the long-told story of Polynesian seafarers (along with some incredibly catchy tunes) to a much wider worldwide audience. Now, geochemical analysis is ...

The voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will now continue directly to Taputapuātea on the island of Ra‘iātea—sacred ...