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The Viking is a replica of the Gokstad ship. In 1893, under Captain Magnus Andersen, she sailed across the Atlantic (from Bergen, Norway to New York) and on to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (via the Erie Canal and Great Lakes).

Declared one of the 10 most endangered landmarks in Illinois, this important, irreplaceable piece of our nation's and region's history must be preserved.

Learn of endangered landmarks status in Illinois at
landmarksillinois.org

"Ship belongs in a museum"
An editorial in the Kane County Chronicle

Visit these links to learn more about Viking ships.

The Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway
See and read about the Gokstad, AD 890

The Gokstad Vikingship, Vestfold, Norway
additional photographs and information about the Gokstad

The Hjemkomst - a replica of the Gokstad

Longship - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, mentions the "Viking"

Ships based on the Gokstad find

The Gokstad ship - includes video of the "Gaia" and her journeys.

The finest album of Viking ships

Viking ship construction

Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark

Vikings: Raiders or Traders?
Smithsonian magazine, July 2008

Visit these links to learn more about the Viking.

The 1893 Viking ship
An excellent resource of information about the structure and journey of this remarkable replica of the Gokstad

The Book of the Fair
by Hubert Howe Bancroft
Chicago, San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1893

Viking ship- from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Declared endangered in 2007

Friends of the Viking Ship

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