"Along the Waterfront" piece on a reenactment of Leif Eriksson's 1,900-mile voya
"Along the Waterfront" piece on a reenactment of Leif Eriksson's 1,900-mile voyage of discovery from Greenland to Newfoundland, which is scheduled for this summer. Hodding Carter IV, who plans to write a book based on the expedition, and eight others will sail in a fifty-four-foot kna...
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Portland Public Library Digital Commons
1997
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Summary: | "Along the Waterfront" piece on a reenactment of Leif Eriksson's 1,900-mile voyage of discovery from Greenland to Newfoundland, which is scheduled for this summer. Hodding Carter IV, who plans to write a book based on the expedition, and eight others will sail in a fifty-four-foot knarr that is being built in the Hermit Island boatshop of Rob Stevens. In addition to its 1,000-square-foot square sail, the knarr will have only six giant oars to fall back on. |
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