Preserved to the present Famous discoveries of Viking ships at Gokstad and Oseberg ... particularly in the sturdiness of the mast supports. Not surprisingly, this era, during which the Norse ...

Fire races up the mast, and embers fly into the night sky ... Photograph by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT VIKING SHIP MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Around 750 a band ...

The mast could be raised within minutes to take ... and metal ship vanes (similar to weather vanes) adorned other Viking ships. A Viking fleet nears home with slaves and other plunder in this ...

Another small ship has been impacted by a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, the fourth one reported so far this year.

The stone suggested the woman “was to her family and household what the mast is for a ship.” A bronze key found in a Viking grave in Skumsnes. Photo from University Museum of Bergen Buried in ...

The Skuldelev ships were clinker built - with planks which overlap one another - a characteristic of Viking shipbuilding. They all had a single mast, and double-ended hulls with curved stems.

Gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on Princess Cruises and Viking ships sickened nearly 150 people. Among 1,894 guests aboard Princess’ Coral Princess ship, 59 reported being ill during its current ...

A photo shows the Viking grave. Although looted previously ... The central stone, used as the marker for the ship’s mast, was “clearly vulva-shaped and most likely symbolizes the deceased ...