Archaeologist Greer Jarrett spent three years piloting a small sailboat along the coast of Norway to understand Viking trade ...

An archaeologist sailing fjords on a Viking boat uncovers lost sea routes and hidden harbors once used by Norse sailors.

Archaeologist Greer Jarrett from Lund University in Sweden has spent three years retracing the voyages of Vikings, uncovering ...

To trace forgotten Viking trade routes, an experimental archaeologist spent three years braving frozen Norwegian waters.

Since 2022, Jarrett and his intrepid crews have navigated multiple voyages aboard an open, square-rigged clinker boat built ...

Vikings did not use maps, sextants, or other devices to navigate. They likely remembered their routes with coastal landmarks that were linked to myths... | Earth And The Environment ...

Despite the boat’s lack of a deep keel, it proved stable even in rough waters. Jarrett noted that sailing near land—through ...

"We had to the change the route because of the war (in Ukraine)," Sten Vagnes said. The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, saw Norsemen journey from Scandinavia aboard timber ...

These routes opened new avenues for exchanging goods ... Researchers found a brooch that originated on a nearby island. Vikings were avid travelers, using boats to voyage around the coast of ...