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CHICAGO (CBS) --A Viking longboat has been moved to safe harbor inside the Field Museum, where it'll headline a new exhibit about the complexities of Viking culture. As crews used a red ...
Military veterans have completed a 30ft replica Viking longboat in a long-running project which boosts their mental health.
At 114 feet long and with a hull made of oak timbers, the Draken Harald Hårfagre Viking longship is a stunning display of craftmanship and seafaring skill. A crew of 25, many of them from Sweden ...
A BONKERS Viking burial unearthed in Norway has baffled archaeologists. Experts dug up not one, but two corpses buried with their longboats in a grave dating back more than 1,000 years.
Veterans have built a 30ft (9m) replica Viking longboat in a long-running project to boost their mental health. More than 100 former servicemen and women have helped to construct Stormbird at a ...
More than 70 teams are expected to sign up for the 49th Viking Longboat World Championship next month. The competition has classes for all-male, all-female and mixed teams who take part in a time ...
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As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations, former winners will race in Peel in the summer More than 800 people competed in the 50th Viking Longboat World Championships in the Isle of Man on ...
The local lifeboat and a replica Viking longboat were among those joining crowds of people at Lerwick Harbour as part of the special journey to commemorate the heroics of the ‘Shetland Bus’ crews.
They are truly a sight to behold. In June, a modern original Viking longboat and a 170-foot Spanish Galleon replica entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence en route to a summer of sailing on the five ...
Stunning images show a replica of a Drakkar viking ship going up in flames on the river as row upon row of soldiers look on solemnly. Former commander Maxim Zhorin said at the ceremony ...
A Viking longboat-shaped earthwork, a new promenade and a forest area for natural play and school visits are among the ideas now being considered for a revamp of Thorpe St Andrew's parks.