I mentioned here earlier about how a reconstructed Viking ship was going to trace historic routes in order to test theories on Viking navigation. Nearly 1,000 years after the original sank of the coast of Denmark, and after a trip of about 1,000 miles, the Sea Stallion pulled into Dublin.
From the Reuters news article on the arrival of the Viking ship in Dublin:
"You have come here on a voyage of discovery," said Dublin's Lord Mayor Paddy Bourke as the vessel and its volunteer crew of men and women docked.
Crafted from the wood of 300 oak trees, the 30-metre (100-foot) long, 4-metre wide Sea Stallion is the world's largest reconstructed Viking vessel, its builders say.