A crew of 6 adventurers set sail on a 500-nautical-mile voyage in the North Sea from Tvøroyri on the Faroe Islands bound for Trondheim, Norway aboard Naddoddur, a 33′ long Faroese Viking ship replica. The voyage, expected to take 3-5 days, ended in tragedy last Tuesday when the craft capsized in high seas near Norway’s dreaded Stad Peninsula. American archeologist Karla Dana drowned. The remaining five, one Faroese and four Swiss nationals, were rescued from a liferaft.
The voyage referred to as “The “Legendary Viking Voyage,” was organized by Sail2North Expeditions and was attempting to recreate Viking travel between Norway and the Faroe Islands.
Naddoddur was named after Naddodd, a 9th-century Norse Viking credited with the discovery of Iceland. He was also one of the earliest settlers on the Faroe Islands.