How To Use A Compass (Video)

Using a compass is a skill which few people know how to do today. It is an essential wilderness skill in order to find your way around using a map or even by itself. In order to use a compass, you must be familiar with its parts. When you look at a compass, that floating needle in the middle is magnetized and the red end is always pointing towards magnetic north. Try to keep your red arrow inside the red box so that your compass always tells you the correct direction you’re headed. When you are facing north, the magnetized