| [00:01.20] | The Lapita's first voyages into the unknown must have appeared suicidal |
| [00:07.28] | Although many were lost at sea, |
| [00:09.79] | some Lapita did reach new islands, |
| [00:13.0] | thanks to their extraordinary navigation skills |
| [00:16.53] | This man can interpret the direction of land by reading wave and swell patterns |
| [00:23.01] | Like his ancestors, |
| [00:24.89] | he carries in his head a complex wind map detailing the various seasonal winds |
| [00:28.87] | that serve as a compass |
| [00:31.21] | And at night, he can navigate by the stars |
| [00:34.22] | In craft like these, |
| [00:36.0] | the Lapita reached the islands of Tonga,2,000 miles east of New Guinea, |
| [00:42.10] | in the heart of the South Pacific |
| [00:44.22] | Further east, |
| [00:45.37] | the odds of a castaway making land drop steeply as the islands become fewer and even more isolated |
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