Which navigation error grows significantly when utilizing sextants at higher latitudes?

💡 Explanation

When using sextants at higher latitudes, the angle to the horizon becomes shallower causing a greater atmospheric path length which amplifies refraction errors because atmospheric density changes. Therefore refraction errors become significant, rather than parallax, thermal, or timing errors, as they are less dependent on latitude.

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