Sabrina recreates a Viking longship using ancient shipbuilding techniques and a… watermelon? Uncover how the viking vessel’s unique design helped shape the Norse legacy, in this episode of History Remade.
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CREDITS
Executive Producer
Sabrina Cruz
Melissa Fernandes
Taha Khan
Producer
Molly Williams
Researcher
George Lawson
Writer
Sabrina Cruz
Host
Sabrina Cruz
Director
Melissa Fernandes
Assistant Director
River Shepperd
Production Assistant
Gabrielle Augustin
Story Editor
Stephanie Castillo
Editor
Chase Madsen
Animators
Krisztina Varga
Olivér Varga
Executive Producers
Sarah Walker
Brian Huffman
Executive Creative Director, A+E Networks
Tim Nolan
VP, Marketing Production, A+E Networks
Kate Leonard
VP, Brand Creative, History
Matt Neary
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Ships and men in the Late Viking Age. The vocabulary of runic inscriptions and Skaldic verse, (2001) Jesch, J, Woodbridge: Boydell.
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Welcome to the joke under the fold!
Did you know that there’s evidence of Vikings upcycling their ships? It might be because of respect for their vessels… or maybe they couldn’t a fjord a new one.
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