Part one of term paper
The Vikings were ranked among the best the best ship builders in the world. They built the ships out of wood from the Scandinavian forests, mostly oak. All the stakes are made of oak and the grain of wood runs with the curved planks. The ribs and planking under the waterline were bound together with spruce roots. This is what gave these s ...

Part two of term paper
... When at sea, the ships depended mainly on the wind and the ship's large woolen sail for power. On rivers, rowers powered the ship. A Viking warship had between fifteen to over thirty pair of rowers. Not all Viking ships were war ships. Some were used to carry livestock or large cargoes of other merchandise to trade. They carried a crew of fifteen to twenty men. These ships were deep and wide and fifty- four feet long. They sailed through the ocean mostly by the sails and not much by ro ...