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IALA: Polynesian wayfinders

Skim and scan through this article to solve the following questions. The words
that are bold will help you to skim and scan for the answers.  

Where did the canoe start and complete its journey?

The boat, the Hokule’a, took three years to journey around the globe.
Its crew navigated without modern instruments, using only the stars,
wind and ocean swells as guides.

What did the crew use to navigate?

They aimed to use the same techniques that brought the first Polynesian
settlers to Hawaii hundreds of years ago.

What does “Malama Honua” mean?

(74,000km) on this latest trip,

known as the Malama Honua voyage, meaning to care for our Island Earth.

How many crew were there?

The boat had a crew of 12 or 13 people at a time

Now read through the full text and summarise what you think the article is about in your own words:

The article is about people traveling in an canoe. They were traveling
(74,000km). It had taken for a long time to build the canoe.