In planning a North Pacific voyage, you wish...

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In planning a North Pacific voyage, you wish to steam the minimum distance from LAT 48° 30' N, LONG 124° 45' W to LAT 44° 00' N, LONG 150° 00' E, while remaining south of 51° N latitude. Which track meets these requirements? (Use gnomonic tracking chart WOXZC 5270)

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• Great-circle sailing vs. Mercator sailing and when each gives the minimum distance • How a gnomonic chart represents great circles (as straight lines) and how to transfer that to a Mercator chart or plotting sheet • The effect of a latitude restriction (51° N limit) on a great-circle track and when you must use parallel sailing

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• On the gnomonic chart, what happens to the great-circle track between the two positions—does it ever go north of 51° N? If so, between roughly which longitudes? • If a great-circle would exceed 51° N, what is the shortest way to modify the route: change the whole track to Mercator, or only replace the part that violates the limit with a segment along a parallel? • Look carefully at options that mention 51° N: which ones keep the great-circle portions where they are shortest, and only ‘flatten’ the part that would otherwise exceed the latitude limit?

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• Verify on the gnomonic chart whether the unrestricted great-circle crosses 51° N and identify the entry/exit longitudes where it touches/crosses that parallel. • Check which options use great-circle segments where allowed (south of 51° N) and parallel sailing along 51° N only where necessary, instead of using Mercator for large portions of the route. • Confirm that the proposed intermediate positions (lat/long given in the answers) actually lie on or very near the plotted great-circle and/or the 51° N parallel as stated.

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A great circle tangent to 51° N from departure to the mid-longitude then a great circle to arrival

A great circle between departure and arrival with parallel sailing between the longitudes where the great circle intersects 51° N

A great circle from departure to LAT 51° N, LONG 148° W, parallel sailing to LAT 51° N, LONG 171° W, then a great circle to arrival

A Mercator sailing from departure to the mid-longitude at 51° N, thence great circle to arrival

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