Early Norse Navigation Tools

In the History Channel series Vikings Ragnar Loðbrok tells his brother Rollo he wants to sail west to raid the rich lands there. His brother points out that no one can sail across the open water. In this scene Ragnar pulls out two tools that while being interesting in the development of the story ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teague, Gypsey
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Clemson University Libraries 2015
Subjects:
Bearing Dial
Navigation
Norse
Sailing
Sailors
Shadow Board
Sólarsteinn
Sun Stone
Vikings
Library and Information Science
Mirages
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/lib_pres/45
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=lib_pres
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Summary:In the History Channel series Vikings Ragnar Loðbrok tells his brother Rollo he wants to sail west to raid the rich lands there. His brother points out that no one can sail across the open water. In this scene Ragnar pulls out two tools that while being interesting in the development of the story are both also historically factual. This paper will discuss these two tools, the sȯl-skuggafjöl and the sólarsteinn, as well as the bearing dial and a more observational technique of polar mirages used by the early Norse sailors as they explored the North Atlantic waters.

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