I was watching a link about a Viking museum and they uncovered a Viking ship about 100 feet long and they estimate it could hold 100 men.
The Vikings made it to Iceland and Greenland, I have no doubt they could have made it to America. Some research in Newfoundland has found foundations/ disturbed ground that they say are similar in size and shape to Viking longhouses.
The Vikings were in Ukraine and setup the first organized “government” to unify the area.
At that length, totally plausible. Appreciated.
Brilliant explorers and traders.
Got a bad rap.
The construction of a Viking Dragon Ship (105’ long, crew of 100)
Jan 18, 2012
Dragon ships were large longships that had carved heads of dragons and other magical beings mounted on their bow. This video shows some glances from the construction of such a ship: Dragon Harald Fairhair. We are using the best of the old Norwegian clinker-building tradition and combining this with knowledge obtained from archaeological material, Norse literature etc. Our aim is to recreate a ship with superb seaworthiness - as described in the Old Norse sagas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ3u0jjWCkc&t=492s&ab_channel=DragonFairhair
Storm in The Labrador Sea (Viking long ship between Greenland and Newfoundland)
2,223,033 views Aug 20, 2016 8 minutes with the amazing Draken Viking Ship. This is the film we showed in our exhibition tent on the festivals around the Great Lakes, filmed between Greenland and Newfoundland on the crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORSpUUy0lQ&t=411s&ab_channel=DrakenHaraldH%C3%A5rfagre
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/top-destinations/lanse-aux-meadows