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Did Magellan Encounter El Nino? Friday, May 16, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Environment   
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A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions - including what we now know as El Nino - which eased his passage across the Pacific Ocean, but ultimately led him over a thousand miles from his intended destination. (source: news.ncsu.edu)
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