What Did Vikings Do When There Was No Fire at Sea?

Far out at sea there was no fire. Vikings replaced it with dried cod, wet wool and their own bodies. In this video: Why the last fire of a voyage burned on the beach, and how the fire steel travelled dry Food that needed no fire: dried cod, butter and water, the real limit of a longship Sleeping on an open deck: watches, hide bags, and a tent that may have been a sail Soaked to the skin: what a modern Viking ship copy learned, and why wet wool still keeps you warm Fog, drifting and the ice off Greenland, where crews left their ships and dragged small boats to land Sources: Anton Englert (2007), A tremendous start: the Sea Stallion and the transport conditions of the Viking Age, Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde Roar Heini Olsen (2007), On keeping warm at sea: how the Faroese do it, Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde Rikke Malmros (2007), The Vikings used tents on their longships, and Judith Jesch's reply, Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde Holsgrove-West and colleagues (2024), Experimental Physiology 109 Brode and colleagues (2008), European Journal of Applied Physiology 104 Blondin and colleagues (2015), Comprehensive Physiology Salo, Fire-striking implements of iron and Finnish myths relating to the birth of fire, Iskos The King's Mirror (Konungs skuggsja), trans. Larson (1917) The Saga of the Greenlanders, trans. Reeves (1890) Royal Museums Greenwich, Viking ships #Vikings #VikingHistory #VikingAge