These thousand year old scraps of wood once sailed to Ireland and North America to rape and pillage and do other sorts of Viking things. To really 'get it' you have to see the reconstructed ships in person and then try to imagine these tiny things sailing all the way across the Atlantic. I got sea-sick just standing there thinking about it.
The museum has been building new ships using techniques similar to those used a thousand years ago. Later this year they will sail to Ireland using only authentic equipment. No motor, only sails, oars, and luck.
Sometimes I scare myself.
These thousand year old scraps of wood once sailed to Ireland and North America to rape and pillage and do other sorts of Viking things. To really 'get it' you have to see the reconstructed ships in person and then try to imagine these tiny things sailing all the way across the Atlantic. I got sea-sick just standing there thinking about it.
The museum has been building new ships using techniques similar to those used a thousand years ago. Later this year they will sail to Ireland using only authentic equipment. No motor, only sails, oars, and luck.
Sometimes I scare myself.
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