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Sailing to Norway on the Hjemkomst
Bob Asp was a teacher in Moorhead, MN with Norwegian heritage. In the 1970s, Bob decided he wanted to sail from Lake Superior to Norway on a homemade Viking ship. He spent the next ten years recruiting friends to help him build a ship based on the 800 CE ship Gokstad. His ship, named the Hjemkomst ("homecoming" in Norwegian), is now on display to the public at the Hjemkomst Center in the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County.
Producer: Julie Censullo
Editorial support: Emily Krumberger & Britt Aamodt
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Image: The Hjemkomst Crew in Lake Superior, 1982…
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