Much less is known about Viking navigation methods on the high seas, although one of the Icelandic sagas—narratives of Norse history and legends written in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries ...

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray, uncover the finds that have revealed an enormous amount about Viking life. In 1992 Mark ...

Archaeologists suspect that the Vikings shared their ideas with communities outside of Scandinavia, enabling the spread of their more advanced navigation tools. The study, published in the Polish ...

One 2018 study that conducted computer simulations of Viking voyages from Norway to Greenland using sun stones showed that sky polarization yielded successful navigation rates, even on cloudy days.