Museum sails replica Viking vessels to uncover maritime history

Описание: (10 May 2022) DENMARK VIKING SHIP

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Roskilde, Denmark - 7 May 2022
1. Various of "Skuldelev 3", a reconstruction of an 11th century Viking cargo vessel, sitting in Viking Ship Museum's shipyard
2. Mayor Tomas Breddam christening Skuldelev 3
3. Various of people launching Skuldelev 3 into Roskilde Harbour
4. Skuldelev 3 floating in Roskilde Harbour
5. Sailor tying Skuldelev 3 to pontoon
6. Skuldelev 3 moored to pontoon
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Bischoff, ship reconstructor, Viking Ship Museum:
"We rebuild them to in order to understand the capabilities of the Vikings, concerning their technology, their boat-building capabilities, their navigation capabilities, their understanding of materials and tools and techniques. And the reason why we want to research the Vikings capabilities is that we want to get a bigger view of the cultural, historical abilities of the Vikings, the society they were living in."
8. Close of Viking Ship Hall exterior
9. Pan of ship hall interior
10. Various of original remains of Skuldelev 3 on display in ship hall
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Bischoff, ship reconstructor, Viking Ship Museum:
"It was used as a part of a blockage up in the middle of the fjord in order to block foreign fleets to come to Roskilde. And it was sunk up there on purpose with four other ship finds."
12. Various of people loading Skuldelev 3 ballast
13. Young boy dressed in Viking costume
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Søren Nielsen, head of boatyard, Viking Ship Museum:
"We found out that the only way to really find something out about the Viking Age and about how they built their ships and how they sailed the ship is to actually do it. Because when you start building a ship like this, then all the questions start rolling in. How did they do it? What kind of tree do you have to pick up in the forest? And all these kinds of questions you wouldn't have asked if you were just looking at the originals."
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15. Various of ten-meter wooden rowboat in museum workshop
16. Various of craftsman chiseling wooden oars
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Roskilde, Denmark - 7 May 2022
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Søren Nielsen, head of boatyard, Viking Ship Museum:
"You have to do it to maintain the skills of doing it. So, that means the boat builders have to build a lot of boats, that's very simple, actually. You can't learn to build a boat just by reading a book. But it's the living tradition, and we also talk about this experimental archeology, talking about 1,100 years old ships, but if we haven't got the living tradition, the skilled craftsmen, then we cannot look at an archaeological find."
18. Danish flag, harbour in background
19. People boarding Skuldelev 3
20. People sailing Viking boat reconstruction from harbour
21. Various of people sailing Skuldelev 3 from harbour
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Triona Sørensen, curator, Viking Ship Museum:
"I think still for a lot of people when they go to a museum, it's something very abstract. You're kept at a distance from the artifact. Either it's behind glass in an exhibition case or in our case there's a rope that keeps you quite far away, so you can't really get up close and personal with them. Whereas when you go out on a reconstruction, you're literally sitting on the rowing benches, you can smell the tar, you can feel the ropes in your hands, it's a much more sensory experience. And I think it gives people a much more direct connection with how it was in the past."
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