These guys sailed 1000 mile in an open boat to recreate Vikings invading Ireland.
A reconstructed Viking ship pulled into Dublin on Tuesday nearly 1,000 years after the original sank off Denmark's coast, with its crew retracing the gruelling voyages made by marauding Nordic raiders to Ireland.
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The Sea Stallion's weather-beaten, 65-member team set sail from Roskilde in Denmark on July 1 using oar and sail power, journeying over 1,000 nautical miles and aiming to address unanswered questions about Viking ship-building and travel.
Church bells rang out and a flotilla of sailing boats greeted the ship's entry into Dublin's port on Tuesday.
And the, the Viking seamen leaped on shore, to kill, rapine, and pillage at will....
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