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Hjalmar; traditional Faroese rowing and sailing boat built by Hanus Jensen and Pernille Rosendahl, along with apprentice Oscar La Pia. Hanus, a Faroese boatbuilder, was responsible for the construction. Photo: Tríona Sørensen / Viking Ship Museum

New Faroese boat built in the spirit of old master boatbuilders

The Viking Ship Museum just launched a new traditionally clinker-built Faroese rowing and sailing boat. The boat is…

At Tudse Hage off Skælskør in West Zealand lies one of the best-preserved underwater Stone Age settlements in the world. However, the site is in danger of disappearing into the sea forever. Photo: Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch.

Stone Age Atlantis in danger of disappearing into the sea forever

Maritime archaeologists from the Danish Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde face an urgent challenge: one of the…

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Hjalmar; traditional Faroese rowing and sailing boat built by Hanus Jensen and Pernille Rosendahl, along with apprentice Oscar La Pia. Hanus, a Faroese boatbuilder, was responsible for the construction. Photo: Tríona Sørensen / Viking Ship Museum

New Faroese boat built in the spirit of old master boatbuilders

The Viking Ship Museum just launched a new traditionally clinker-built Faroese rowing and sailing boat. The boat is…

At Tudse Hage off Skælskør in West Zealand lies one of the best-preserved underwater Stone Age settlements in the world. However, the site is in danger of disappearing into the sea forever. Photo: Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch.

Stone Age Atlantis in danger of disappearing into the sea forever

Maritime archaeologists from the Danish Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde face an urgent challenge: one of the…

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