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The Gaia ship. Viking, an exact replica of the Gokstad ship, crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Bergen, Norway to be exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893; it remains on exhibit near Chicago. The Gaia ship is an exact replica of the Gokstad ship. Gaia was constructed during the winter of 1989–1990 in Bjørkedal in Volda.
A 1925 US 5c Postage Stamp featuring the Viking, for the Norse-American Centennial. Viking is a Viking ship replica. It is an exact replica of the Gokstad ship recovered from Gokstadhaugen, a Viking Age burial mound in Sandefjord, Norway in 1880. Viking was featured at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. [1]
The Gokstad Ship is now located at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. [5] Buried along with the ship was a petty king long believed to have been Olaf Geirstad-Alf, half-brother of Halfdan the Black. [6] [7] However, recent discoveries have increased uncertainty and it, therefore, remains unknown what chieftain was buried at the mound. [8] [9]
The museum is most famous for the completely whole Oseberg ship, excavated from the largest known ship burial in the world. Other main attractions at the Viking Ship Museum are the Gokstad ship and Tune ship. Additionally, the Viking Age display includes sledges, beds, a horse cart, wood carving, tent components, buckets and other grave goods. [3]
The Viking at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Viking ship replicas are one of the more common types of ship replica. Viking, the first Viking ship replica, was built by the Rødsverven shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. In 1893 it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Chicago in the United States for the World's Columbian Exposition.
The Gokstad ship, on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway Longships were naval vessels made and used by the Vikings from Scandinavia and Iceland for trade, commerce, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age .
Nicolay Nicolaysen is perhaps most famous for excavating the Gokstad ship burial (Gokstadfunnet) at Gokstad farm in Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold in 1880. Currently the Gokstad ship (Gokstadskipet), together with a burial chamber, two small boats and two tent boards from the burial chamber are displayed in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. [4] [10 ...
The Gokstad Ship is Norway's largest preserved Viking ship. Both ships are now located at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. Additional burial mounds are found at Borre mound cemetery and Mølen, an UNESCO Global Geopark. Borre mound cemetery is home to Northern Europe's largest burial mound site from Viking Age. [10]