Vikingskib Museet / Viking Ship Museum
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway - Summer, 2001
www.khm.uio.no/english/viking_ship_museum/
  


The Oseberg Ship


Oseberg bow carving
   


Deck of the Oseberg.
Note there are no rowing benches.


Side of the Oseberg ship.
Note how little freeboard there is.
This is not an ocean-going vessel.
   


The Oseberg steering oar


Oar racks
   


Oarlock


The surprisingly modern-looking Oseberg anchor
   


The Gokstad Ship


Deck of the Gokstad.
Note the higher freeboard -
and no rowing benches.
   


Boats, the wooden "funeral" tent from the Gokstad's deck
and a tent frame, above.


A telephoto shot of the tent frame
   

For information contact Jack Garrett at garrett@pacbell.net