A Morning in Heaven
At 7 am this morning (tuesday) I woke up on a wharf on Bragdøya Coastal Heritage Centre near Kristianssand. Above…
The hard Goodbye
To all you readers of my diary: Foregive me for waiting until now to report back to you. The weather is to blame,…
Food on Board the Ship
Menu on board:
Sunday, July 1st:
Supper: Organic sausages made of beef and potato salat. Night box: Coffee,…
Sunday, Juli 1st. 2007: Status at Departure
Experiences gained from the test sailing in 2004-2006 showed that the reconstructed ship was to flexible. Because…
Place-names en route from Roskilde to Skagerrak
As a philologist with a special interest in the names that were coined by the Vikings in the British Isles, I…
The Last Supper
It’s the day before the day. The day before the day I and the rest of the crew of the Sea Stallion from Glendalough…
Bells to ring across the waves for Sea Stallion
The bells of Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark and of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin and other Dublin Churches will mark…
Skuldelev
The Skuldelev ships were found in 1957 during the first underwater archaeological investigations by divers in…
Puck
The medieval settlement of Puck lies at the western end of the Bay of Gdansk in Poland. Here, in 1977, scuba divers…
Sigtuna
Sigtuna is situated on Lake Mälaren not far from Stockholm. The Swedish King Eric the Victorious is traditionally…