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The Oseberg ship (Norwegian: Osebergskipet) is a well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. This ship is commonly acknowledged to be among the finest artifacts to have survived from the Viking Age. The ship and some of its contents are displayed at the Viking Ship ...
Viking, the first Viking ship replica, was built by the Rødsverven shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. In 1893 it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition . There are a considerable number of modern reconstructions of Viking Age ships in service around Northern Europe and North America.
The Myklebust Ship (Norwegian: Myklebustskipet) is the remains of a burned Viking ship that was found in the burial mound Rundehågjen on the farm Myklebust in Nordfjordeid, Norway. In terms of total volume the Myklebust ship is the largest Viking ship that has been discovered in the world to date.
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A. Andørja, viewed from Harstad Atløy.
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The Kvalsund ship is of an earlier and less advanced construction than the Oseberg ship, also found in Norway, which dates to the early ninth century. [1] Being from around the start of the Viking Age and likely part of an offering in a pond or bog, the Kvalsund ship represents an important link between later Viking Age ships and earlier, pre ...
Those on board were reportedly attempting a voyage similar to one the Vikings would have done more than 1,000 years ago. Woman dead, 5 rescued after Viking ship replica sinks off Norway Skip to ...
An American archeologist has died after a Viking ship replica capsized off Norway, authorities said. A crew of six people sailed on the open boat, called Naddodd, across the North Atlantic from ...