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Leif Erikson steadily deteriorated after years of neglect and vandalism, and by 1980 was in such poor condition that it was even considered that the ship be burned in the traditional Viking manner of putting a ship to rest. This suggestion inspired Emil Olson's grandson, Will Borg, to bring volunteers together and begin fundraising efforts to ...
The Leif Erikson Awards, established 2015, are awarded annually by the Exploration Museum in Húsavík, Iceland. They are awarded for achievements in exploration and in the study of the history of exploration. [72] Several ships are named after Leif – a Viking ship replica, a commercial passenger/vehicle ferry, [73] [74] and a large dredger. [75]
Freydís Eiríksdóttir (born c. 965) [1] was an Icelandic woman said to be the daughter of Erik the Red (as in her patronym), who figured prominently in the Norse exploration of North America as an early colonist of Vinland, while her brother, Leif Erikson, is credited in early histories of the region with the first European contact.
The earliest mention of Greenland in the sagas refers to a group of rocky islands in the Atlantic reported by Gunnbjörn Ulfsson when his ship was blown off course from Iceland in the early 900s. [9] Named after him, Gunnbjarnarsker or " Gunnbjörn's skerries ", were likely near modern-day Kulusuk just off the eastern coast of Greenland, [ 10 ...
It depicts the explorer Leif Erikson at the moment he discovers American land (presumably Newfoundland), as described in the sagas of Icelanders. The painting was made for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and was exhibited along with the Viking ship replica Viking. It is in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design ...
Viking ships varied from other contemporary ships, being generally more seaworthy and lighter. This was achieved through use of clinker ( lapstrake ) construction of the hull. The planks on Viking vessels were riven (split) from large, old-growth trees - especially oak - as a riven plank is stronger than the sawn plank found in later craft.
Viking - Built in the Rødsverven shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. Currently located and undergoing conservation in Geneva, Illinois. [26] Leif Erikson (42 ft, 4 persons) - sailed across the Atlantic from Bergen, Norway in 1926, in Leif Erikson Park, Duluth, Minnesota. [27] Redwolf - San Antonio (40 ft, 17 persons - under construction)
Erik's son Leif Erikson became the first Norseman to explore the land of Vinland–part of North America, presumably near modern-day Newfoundland–and invited his father on the voyage. However, according to the sagas, Erik fell off his horse on the way to the ship and took this as a bad sign, leaving his son to continue without him. [10]