On land, in rough terrain, it is a different story. There you will typically be traveling uphill or downhill and with the aid of a good map, it is very easy to keep on the proper course to a destination.
Easy? That depends on a whole bunch of variables. But I have used knowledge of the terrain to that effect with considerable success, but I rate this as being highly location specific.
It really gets interesting when you add the combination of snow on the ground and reduced visibility (blowing snow, clouds, fog or all of those in combination). In a very limited set of circumstances I have had some success using terrain, wind and the direction of very faint snowmobile tracks to guide me. But stunts like that are limited to very specific routes.
Sorry, I've not had that walking-in-circles experience, but I've heard it reported. The effect has even been verified in experiments, but I can't find that link now.
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