I found mine on a 13-day voyage through Iceland and Norway aboard Viking Saturn, the 465-cabin ship that is the newest ocean-going vessel from Viking, a favorite of Travel + Leisure readers.

a Viking ship sailing from Norway to the Faroe Islands was blown off course. After several more days sailing, it finally beached up on an uninhabited, unexplored shore, here, on Iceland.

The excavators speculate that this ship, like the others ... Much less is known about Viking navigation methods on the high seas, although one of the Icelandic sagas—narratives of Norse history ...

Without this crucial advance in ship technology, the Vikings would never have become ... far-flung trade networks and the colonization of Iceland, Greenland, and America. The knarr drew on similar ...

He explained that the 10m-long boat had been on previous Viking voyages before to Iceland, Shetland and Norway. "It's not a Viking boat, it's a Faroes fishing boat without a motor but with sails." ...

England; Reykjavik, Iceland; and Greenock ( Glasgow ), Scotland, guests can explore the mystical lochs of Scotland, chase the ...

The island's rich Viking heritage and folklore add layers ... Unlike a Norwegian fjords cruise, which you can enjoy without leaving the ship, Iceland cruises require additional transport to ...