The Vikings
The 1,000 year anniversary of Leif Eiriksson’s Voyage to North America has led to an explosion of information on the Vikings. The above is the Islendingur, a replica of an 870 AD Viking ship that voyaged from Iceland to New York City between June and October of 2000. The man on the far right is Captain Gunnar Eggertsson, a direct descendent of Leif, who built the Islendingur. The other two are crew members. My son’s Sea Scout Ship was an official escort at one of Islendingur’s stops, and your webmistress sailed through a glorious starry night to rendezvous with the Viking ship. 
This picture is from Wikipedia Commons.
Secrets of the Viking Navigators
More recent expeditions – THE LARGEST VIKING SHIP, THE DRAKEN-HARALD-HARFAGRE
Great photos, including the one on the left, by Art Bicnick
at the Reykajvik Grapevine.
Other Links
- Viking Navigation from the Mariner’s Museum (scroll down. From the Wayback Machine).
- The Legend of the Viking Sunstone
- Viking Sun Compass from the Northern Lights Planetarium in Norway
- NEW – BLOG POST BY DAVID BURCH ON USING POLARIZED SUN GLASSES AS A VIKING SUNSTONE
- The Fabled Viking Sunstone
- Time and Travel in Old Norse Society
- How Could the Viking Sun Compass Be Used with Sunstone Before and After Sunset?
