(CBS) -- In about a month, a modern-day version of a Viking ship will leave Norway for a 3,000-mile trip to arrive in Chicago on July 27 in time for the Tall Ships Festival, reports WBBM's Steve ...

I still remember those freezing winters growing up in Røros: a small World Heritage-listed mining town nestled near the Swedish border in the middle of Norway. At age three, I experienced a chilling ...

Climbing aboard Barba, a beautiful Jeanneau Sun Fast 37 sailing yacht that has sailed extensively around the North Atlantic Ocean, I know that I’m not on your typical sail boat. Or even a typical ...

The Viking ship’s operators claim to have been caught off guard by U.S. Great Lakes pilotage rates is unfounded (“Pilot Costs Make Viking Ship’s Voyage Less Than Clear Sailing,” U.S. News, July 16).

NEWS BRIEF Vikings—not the folks at the U.S. Bank Stadium—probably didn’t travel to Minnesota during the time of Leif Eriksson. But they’re trying to now. Academics have long dismissed the “discovery” ...

The world's largest Viking ship to sail in modern times is currently on an East Coast tour, and will make a stop at Penn's Landing over Labor Day weekend. The Draken Harald Hårfagre measures 115-feet ...

At 114 feet long and with a hull made of oak timbers, the Draken Harald Hårfagre Viking longship is a stunning display of craftmanship and seafaring skill. A crew of 25, many of them from Sweden and ...

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