SECRETS OF THE VIKING NAVIGATORS
By Leif K. Karlsen
Many navigators
have heard of the Viking sunstone legends but they don't realize how they work
now or how they were used thousands of years ago - and why the Viking navigators
developed the unique tool to find the direction to the sun, even when the sun
was blocked by clouds or fog.
Lief Karlsen, the worldıs foremost scholar on
the Viking sunstone, examines the sagas and combines that information with the
experience and practical research of just trying it out. Using clues for the
the Icelandic Sagas, his experiences as a professional navigator, and from his
voyages on the "Brogunknarren" - a 60' Viking ship replica - Leif Karlsen reveals
the secrets of Viking navigation. His extensive research on the workings of
the Viking "sunstone" and " horizon board" are explained in this interesting,
valuable and educational contribution to the understanding of the Vikings' success.
SC, 2003, 208 pages. SW 1.1 lbs.
