| Now the whole secret is out, and all is plain as the North Star at midnight. |
| In the autumn of that year, he went on the Bureau of Indian Affairs supply ship North Star to Point Barrow. |
| The Comet flew to Paris and after a brief stop, took off for London, arriving shortly before the North Star. |
| In orientating the sundial, the gnomon is actually being pointed to the North Celestial Pole which is within 1° of the North Star. |
| This was a signal with two messages: one to prepare to escape and the other to follow the North Star to freedom in Canada. |
| Polaris, the North Star, appears stationary in the sky because it is positioned close to the line of Earth's axis projected into space. |
