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Learn how Vikings traveled the seas by way of trade routes - and how one researcher found out where they stopped to rest on ...
In a groundbreaking experimental expedition, Swedish archaeologist Greer Jarett has redefined our understanding of Viking seafaring.
Archaeologist Greer Jarrett spent three years piloting a small sailboat along the coast of Norway to understand Viking trade ...
On a foggy morning off Norway’s craggy coast, a square-rigged clinker boat—a descendant of Viking craft—glided between ...
Since 2022, Jarrett and his intrepid crews have navigated multiple voyages aboard an open, square-rigged clinker boat built ...
To trace forgotten Viking trade routes, an experimental archaeologist spent three years braving frozen Norwegian waters.
An archaeologist sailing fjords on a Viking boat uncovers lost sea routes and hidden harbors once used by Norse sailors.
Despite the boat’s lack of a deep keel, it proved stable even in rough waters. Jarrett noted that sailing near land—through ...
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 ...
"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 ...