It started with a dream, says Sigurd Aase,“to build a large, seaworthy Viking ship, just like the ones spoken of in the Norse Sagas”.
The Norwegian entrepreneur, whose business interests range from kindergartens to oil companies, set out six years ago to build a replica warship that could be sailed across the Atlantic to America, embracing “the Viking spirit to look beyond the horizon and seek adventure, to inspire people to take on challenges”.
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