Oseberg longship, built by Vikings, completes its final voyage : NPR | NYGazet

It took 10 years of work to prepare a Viking longship for a trip no longer than a football field. How it got to that spot goes back even further — over a millennium.

The Oseberg longship – considered one of the most important historical discoveries of the Viking age — voyaged to its final destination last month. But the journey it took to get there was complicated. The ship, built about 1200 years ago during the ... [2676 chars]