Vikings and Arctic Farmers: The Norse Atlantic Saga
Abstract On a Warm and Cloudless August Afternoon the Viking ship Gaia approached the coast of North America.The huge sail pumped gently with a steady following breeze as the ship rode, lightly as a resting gull, across the ridges and valleys of a long northeasterly swell. Sunlight glinted from iceb...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780192807304.003.0006 2023-12-31T10:03:43+01:00 Vikings and Arctic Farmers: The Norse Atlantic Saga McGhee, Robert 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192807304.003.0006 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/51979691/isbn-9780912807304-book-part-6.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY The Last Imaginary Place page 74-101 ISBN 9780192807304 9781383002928 book-chapter 2006 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192807304.003.0006 2023-12-06T08:48:34Z Abstract On a Warm and Cloudless August Afternoon the Viking ship Gaia approached the coast of North America.The huge sail pumped gently with a steady following breeze as the ship rode, lightly as a resting gull, across the ridges and valleys of a long northeasterly swell. Sunlight glinted from icebergs and flared on the distant spouts of whales.The grey cliffs of Newfoundland rose to starboard, and the foaming wake curled away towards Greenland.This tiny, fragile shell of wood had steered through fields of deadly ice, ridden over shoals that would have torn the bottom from a deeper ship, and passed through storms while taking no more than spray over the rails. Its crew was as confident and comfortable as if they were aboard a modern sailing yacht. Book Part Arctic Iceberg* Newfoundland Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 74 101 |
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Abstract On a Warm and Cloudless August Afternoon the Viking ship Gaia approached the coast of North America.The huge sail pumped gently with a steady following breeze as the ship rode, lightly as a resting gull, across the ridges and valleys of a long northeasterly swell. Sunlight glinted from icebergs and flared on the distant spouts of whales.The grey cliffs of Newfoundland rose to starboard, and the foaming wake curled away towards Greenland.This tiny, fragile shell of wood had steered through fields of deadly ice, ridden over shoals that would have torn the bottom from a deeper ship, and passed through storms while taking no more than spray over the rails. Its crew was as confident and comfortable as if they were aboard a modern sailing yacht. |
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Vikings and Arctic Farmers: The Norse Atlantic Saga |
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Vikings and Arctic Farmers: The Norse Atlantic Saga |
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Vikings and Arctic Farmers: The Norse Atlantic Saga |
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