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Postcard of SurtseyA postcard showing Surtsey near Iceland. Surtsey is a volcanic island off the south coast of Iceland. The island was created by a submarine volcanic…
Viking River Cruises - Explore More Magazine, Summer 2016Explore More is a quarterly magazine published by Viking River Cruises. This edition features an article about the new ship Viking Sea being added to…
Horse-fights: The brutal entertainment of the Icelanders in the Middle AgesHorse-fights are depicted in the Icelandic sagas as a form of entertainment. This article examines how horse-fights were conducted and what their…
Blog: An Historian Goes to the MoviesLarsen's blog discusses movies from the perspective of an historian. History Channel's 'Vikings' has come under his scrutiny, and this item links to…
Blog post: Vikings galore!A blog post with photographs of Viking reenactors in Sweden.
Blog post: Rain stopped playDavid is a photographer in Norway, who posts black and white images that include local Viking markets on the blog. This item links to one of those…
Tales of the Viking Gods Puppet Show by Púca PuppetsChildren's show at the Cork Puppet Festival 2016 on the theme of Viking Gods. Púca Puppets is based in Dublin.
Blog post: On the Trail of Sail History - the VikingsA blog post discussing the practicalities of making sails for Viking ships.
Blog post: Following up on Viking SailsA follow-up post about the practicalities of making sails for Viking ships. See the related items for earlier discussion on how Vikings made sails.
The Introduction of Sails to Scandinavia: Raw materials, Labour and LandThis paper explores the logistical consequences of the introduction of sails to Scandinavia on the threshold of the Viking Age.
Blog post: Iceland: Dramatic Viking Movie Set and Black Sand Dune BeachThe blog post features photographs of a Viking movie set in Iceland.
Blog post: Debunking the "Vikings weren't victims of climate" mythThis blog post considers the evidence for Greenland being warmer when settled by Vikings than it is now.
Article: Outlaws, trolls and berserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the Icelandic sagasRebecca Merkelbach on outlaws, trolls and berserkers in the Icelandic sagas. This article considers how different types of characters in the sagas are…
Blog post: Walking the Brough of Birsay, OrkneyA photoblog describing the walk to and around the Norse settlement at the Brough of Birsay.
Honda Valkyrie Rune MotorcycleHonda Rune seen at Aust Services, Bristol, England. Capacity: 1832cc. Top speed approx 121 mph. Uses a Flat Six engine from the Honda Goldwing. Built…
Blog post: Past to Paper: The VikingsA blog post about different ways in which Vikings might be used in fiction.
Skull and Bust of Svend Estridsen from Denmark's National MuseumThe skull of King Svend Estridsen (Sveinn Ástríðarson), who ruled Denmark from 1047 until his death in 1074 and is popularly…
Blog post: Three Vikings who were more interesting (and notorious) than Ragnar LothbrokA blog post about Hastein Ragnarsson, Leif Eiriksson, and Oleg of Novgorod. It discusses these three Vikings and provides some primary sources that…
Logo of Old Norse Theatre, EdmontonDescribed on their Facebook Page as "a hot n' fresh peppy(roni) pizza of a theatre company." Based in Edmonton, Canada.
Blog post: Serendipity: Vikings in Black and WhiteA blog post about Jorge Luis Borges' observation of the lack of colour in Old Norse literature.