Follow the Sea Stallion on its way to Dublin

You may already have heard about the Sea Stallion’s experimental voyage from Denmark to Ireland through mainstream media. What most articles and TV reports fail to mention, though, is that you can follow the 30 metre long replica Viking ship’s journey from Roskilde in Denmark to Dublin in Ireland on the Sea Stallion’s official website.

Over the next six weeks the website promises to provide us with the exact position of the ship along with other navigation data such as speed, course, wind speed and direction. You can also read diaries from some of the crew members on the site, or subscribe to video podcasts from the voyage, which started yesterday, 1 July.

Anyone who is trying to keep children entertained (not to mention educated) over the summer should check out the site’s Exercises area, which promises “A series of assignments and exercises for use in primary and secondary school”, (currently most of the content is in Danish, but more English content should follow).

The Sea Stallion website is available in English and Danish. If you plan to use the English version for educational purposes, be warned that the translation from Danish to English becomes evident in a few peculiar phrases and I also spotted a few typos and grammatical errors.

Nevertheless, I have already spent close to an hour on the site and have really enjoyed reading about the project. I can most definitely recommend a visit. The Sea Stallion has just made it to the tip of Jutland according to the map provided on the website, so you can still follow her journey across the North Sea.

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