Proof in the planking The secret of the Viking ship lay in its unique construction ... They then added crossbeams to provide a deck and rowing benches, and secured a massive beam along the ...

Two Skeletons Of Women Recovered From Viking Ship Wreckage Site Reveal Secrets of the Oseberg Burial In the heart of Norway, ...

How exactly were Viking ships designed, how were they different ... Exactly how long depended on the number of rowing benches ...

Rowing one of these ... Then they were able to travel much, much further. But not all Viking boats and ships were meant for sailing across the open ocean. Some Vikings used their vessels to ...

A Viking fleet nears home with slaves and other plunder in this imagined scene aboard an actual vessel—the ninth-century Gokstad ship. Sailors perched on movable storage chests while rowing.

NEIL OLIVER:Rowing one of these ... NEIL OLIVER:That's a word you don't want to hear on a Viking ship, then. LENA BORJESSON:Right. NEIL OLIVER:But what happens if you're in the open ocean and ...