Thursday, October 14, 2010

WWI ships to chart past climate


A new project aims to use old Royal Navy logbooks to help build a more accurate picture of how our climate has changed over the last century.

The public are being called upon to re-trace the routes taken by some 280 Royal Navy ships including historic vessels.

We volunteers will transcribe information about weather, and other events, from images of ships' logbooks.

See full Article.