Archaeologist Greer Jarrett at Lund University in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed farther away from Scandinavia, and took routes farther from land, than was previously believed to have been possible. In his latest study, he has found evidence of a decentralised network of ports, located on islands and peninsulas, which probably played a central role in trade and travel in the Viking era.
The sailing boat -- an open, square-rigged clinker boat similar to the boats used during the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) -- travelled from Trondheim up to the Arctic Circle and back in 2022. Since then, Greer Jarrett and his team have sailed over 5,000 kilometres along Viking trade routes (see map). His research shows that the likely routes of the Vikings took them farther from land than previously thought.Archaeologist sailing like a Viking makes unexpected discoveries | Johan Nyman | 21 May 2025 | Lund University
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