Vikings were undoubtedly masterful sailors, but even they needed a safe place to rest and evade the hazards of the seas. The pit stops on Viking voyages have mostly been lost to time due to limited ...

Vikings were formidable Scandinavian warriors and sailors who, from around 800 to 1050 CE, raided, traded, and settled throughout northern Europe, Iceland, Greenland, and even as far as North America.

A graduate student in Sweden has been learning about Vikings through an unusual method: He’s done it by sailing like one. Archaeologist Greer Jarrett, a doctoral student at Lund University, has ...