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The viking age could not have been possible without the longship. Propelled by oar and sail, it was fast, sturdy and flexible. Ofcourse, I've already discussed the longship's construction in a previous video, and what it was like being aboard one. In this video we'll be discussing an aspect as important as the construction: and that is just how the Vikings were able to navigate the Baltic Coasts, the rivers of Russia, and the frigid waters of the North Sea.

Sources
Ship and Society: Maritime Ideology in Late Iron Age Sweden Gunilla Larsson
The Vikings Osprey Publishing
The Viking Longship Osprey Publishing
Den Långa Medeltiden Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist
https://www.medieval.eu/vikingbread...
https://www.historyonthenet.com/vikin...
https://sciencenordic.com/denmarkhis...
Image Sources
By Jason Riedy originally posted to Flickr as Dripping whey from the drying cheese, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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