Under the guidance of master navigator Nainoa Thompson, apprentice navigators Jenna Ishii and Lehua Kamalu used traditional wayfinding to guide Hokule‘a and Hikianalia since leaving Apia, Samoa, on Sept. 6.Originally slated to voyage to Fakaofo,Tokelau, strong winds caused a course change to Swains Island — the destination planned for after the Fakaofo visit.The crew is talking with community members about the effects of climate change on the area, according to a news release from the Polynesian Voyaging Society.The Tokelau atolls are between 6 and 16 feet above sea level.Hokule‘a and Hikianalia are four months into an ambitious four-year voyage around the world. The so-called Malama Honua worldwide voyage began on May 17 when the canoes left Hono­lulu en route to Rangiroa in the Tuamotu Archipelago.The canoes are expected to return to Pago Pago, American Samoa, in a few days. The canoes will next head to Vavau and Nukualofa in Tonga before journeying to Kermadec Islands, a group of islands northeast of New Zealand.The New Zealand leg of the voyage will take an estimated five months and will include stops in Waitangi, Mangonui, Hokianga, Manukai, Kawhia, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Poirua, Wellington, New/Golden Bay, Napier, Gisborne, Cape Runaway, Whakatane, Maketu, Tauranga, Coromandel, Auckland, Whangarei, Waitangi, Whangaroa and Aurere.