Gaia ship

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Gaia in Oslo, 2014
History
Norway
NameGaia ship
NamesakeGreek goddess Gaia
OperatorGokstad Coastal Team (Gokstad kystlag)[4]
BuilderJacob Bjørkedal
Completed1990[1]
Homeport
Sandefjord, Norway[2][3]
StatusActive
General characteristics
TypeViking ship replica (Museum ship)
Tonnage26
Length23.80 metres (78.1 ft)
Beam5.10 m (16.7 ft)
Height18 metres (59 ft) (mast)
Draught0.85 metres (2.8 ft)
PropulsionSail and oars, auxiliary engine
Sail plan230 m²
Speedmax. 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement40 passengers[5]

The Gaia ship is a

Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit via the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and North America.[8]

With the completion of Museum's Wharf by Sandefjord Museum in the summer of 1995, Gaia and the newly restored Southern Actor were permanently placed on the wharf where they remain accessible to the public.[9][10][11]

The ship can be rented for private tours in the fjord.[12][13]

History

In the late 1980s,

Knut Utstein Kloster was cosponsoring a millennial celebration for Leif Eriksson's voyage to North America, "Vinland Revisited." To re-enact this voyage, Kloster requested an exact replica of the 1,000-year-old Gokstad ship.[14]

The Gaia Ship is an exact replica of the Gokstad Ship. It was constructed during the winter of 1989–1990 in

Leif Eriksson's founding of Vinland.[15] While in on its voyage, a number of prominent people visited the ship, including President George H. W. Bush in the U.S. and Fidel Castro in Cuba.[16]

Earth Summit

While preparing for the Smithsonian conference, owner

Manaus, Brazil.[17] It was a 15,000-mile journey from Norway to Brazil.[18]

Queen

Sonja of Norway and President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland waited at the harbor for Gaia's arrival in Washington DC. President George H. W. Bush went on board the ship with two of his grandsons.[19]

Kloster's World City Discovery in co-operation with

living laboratory as a rainforest microcosm. The park's layout and planning were done by the University of Costa Rica. The children at Gaia Camp Amazonas spent a total of three weeks constructing trails, steps, bridges, and resting areas in Manaus's Gaia Park. Interpretive signs were also installed describing the local wildlife and flora.[20]

See also

Literature

  • Vinner, Max (2002). Boats of the Viking Ship Museum (Viking Ship Museum)
    ISBN 978-8785180636
  • Williams, Gareth (2014). The Viking Ship (British Museum Press)
    ISBN 978-0714123400
  • Wexelsen, Einar (1981). Gokstadfunnet: et 100-års minne / The Gokstad Excavations: Centenary of a Norwegian Viking Find (Sandefjordmuseene).
    ISBN 82-990595-2-6
    .

External links

References

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  4. ISBN 82-90636-02-4
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  5. ^ Lunde, Stig-Tore (1996). Gaia: Gokstadskipet, kopien og miljøskipet. Sandefjordmuseene. Pages 14-15.
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  14. ISBN 978-1-4620-4152-7
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  16. ^ Lunde, Stig-Tore (1996). Gaia: Gokstadskipet, kopien og miljøskipet. Sandefjordmuseene. Page 14.
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  21. ^ Lunde, Stig-Tore (1996). Gaia: Gokstadskipet, kopien og miljøskipet. Sandefjordmuseene. Pages 14-15.
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