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When is the last time someone used a vessel like this to sail to Iceland? I’d pay for someone to do that. Amazing what our ancestors accomplished.
by wincy 1y ago
When is the last time someone used a vessel like this to sail to Iceland? I’d pay for someone to do that. Amazing what our ancestors accomplished.
- SpicyUme 1y agoThere was an archaeologist who drowned last year during an attempted crossing from the Faroe islands to Trondheim. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvyge44nppo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvyge44nppo https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2024/08/american-archeologis-dies-in-reenactment-of-viking-voyage/ https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2024/08/american-archeologis-die...
- vidarh 1y ago2016? https://www.drakenhh.com/expedition-america-2016 https://www.drakenhh.com/expedition-america-2016 Not exactly the same type, but a recreation of a viking longboat.
- willhslade 1y agoLook up the book called the Brendan voyage. Leather boats from Ireland to Newfoundland. They run into trouble around the ice floes. Great book.