Welcome to the companion Web site to "Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude,"
originally broadcast on October 6, 1998.
Based on the bestselling book Longitude by Dava Sobel,
the program tells the story of how an unknown genius,
John Harrison, discovered the key to navigating on the
open seas and thus solved one of the thorniest problems of the 1700s.
NOVA Online is produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit
Major funding for NOVA® is provided by the Park Foundation,
The Northwestern Mutual Foundation, and Sprint.