Exploring the Viking Longship Draken Harald Hårfagre
Recently the Draken Harald Hårfagre sailed from Norway to North America during the summer of 2016. The Draken Harald Hårfagre is a 114 foot, seventy ton Viking longship that was built using classical methods. The ship set out with a crew of 33 traveling from Norway to Iceland, Greenland, Canada and then to the USA.
During it’s traversal of the Erie Canal on it’s return voyage, the Draken Harald Hårfagre docked and gave visitors the chance to walk the decks and find out about the ship.