A Viking Voyage: Retracing Leif Erikkson's Journey in an Authentic Viking Knarr

by W.HoddingCarter (Author)

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  2001

  $3.28

  W. Hodding Carter cannot sail, hates to be cold and panics when he's lost. Why then did he devote three years of his life to dodging polar bears and icebergs on an open-decked wooden ship resembling an oversized canoe? Because he had always wanted to be a Viking. Obsessed with Lief the Lucky since he was a child he decided to recreate the Viking's voyage from Greenland to North America in a replica square-rigged knarr. He recruited a rag tag crew, some of whom could sail, most of whom could not. Some of whom liked each other, some of whom, it became clear, did not.By turns thrilling and slapstick, sublime and outrageo us, A Viking Voyage is an unforgettable adventure story that will take you to the heart of the most magnificent, unspoiled territory on Earth. It is a celebration of the people that Carter visits and a mesmirising story of friendship and teamwork. And of accomplishing a goal that once seemed impossible.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.28

  W. Hodding Carter cannot sail, hates to be cold, and panics when he's lost. So why did he devote three years of his adult life, not to mention a small fortune, to dodging polar bears and icebergs on an open-decked wooden ship resembling an oversized canoe? He'd always wanted to be a Viking. bsessed with Leif Eriksson and his triumphant voyage a thousand years ago from Greenland to North America, Carter hatched the foolhardy idea of re-enacting the voyage in a replica of the precarious Viking cargo ship known as a 'knarr'. Never mind that he had a pregnant wife and twin daughters. Carter was going to make it happen. nthralling, inspiring, and occasionally hair-raising.