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ABC News
20-06-2025
- ABC News
Viking longship set to burn on winter solstice at inland Cape Clear
More than 100 kilometres from the ocean, tiny Victorian town Cape Clear has a lighthouse and a "Viking longship". The latter, dubbed Erika the Red and measuring 15 metres from dragon head to stern, has been hand-built by the very community members who plan to set it alight on June 21 to mark the winter solstice. It's all part of the Cape Clear Winter Solstice Bonfire, an increasingly popular event in the inland town, population about 150, about 150 kilometres west of Melbourne. Cape Clear resident Evelyn Cannon said the Viking vessel's seaworthiness was questionable at best — it's missing its starboard side — but that wasn't the point. "Our little Winter Solstice festival has been going eight years now," Ms Cannon said. Ms Cannon said the event was becoming quite popular. "There were probably 30 to 50 people the first year. Last year it was 180," she said. "Who knows how many will come this year to watch us burn a Viking ship?" Erika was built and designed by Cape Clear woodworker Terry Kelly, with help from locals, using materials collected from across the district. "The shields on the side of the ship were made from packing material from a wind farm and they were painted by children from the Cape Clear Primary School," Ms Cannon said. "Our story is based on Erik the Red who was a famous Viking who came to America. "We are an inland town with a lighthouse, so we kind of felt his imaginary sister Erika the Red may have visited a place like this." While Mr Kelly admitted he was no shipwright, he mused shipbuilding might be in his blood, via Norwegian ancestors. "I don't think they made Viking boats but, in the 19th century, they were building fishing boats or other boats along the coast there," he said. "We spent at least a dozen hours on the design and I made the head and the tail at home. "The design of the dragon head was inspired by a ship in the Viking museum in Oslo." Erika the Red is the second ship to be burned as part of Cape Clear's annual Winter Solstice Bonfire. The township torched the Lightning last year, which was loosely modelled on a clipper that sank off the Geelong coast in 1869 after catching fire with a cargo of wool on its way back to England. Cape Clear was named after an island off the Irish coast by Irish immigrants who settled in the western district. Its most famous landmark is a 13-metre-high functioning lighthouse, built in 2008 by members of the local Hocking family who felt every good cape deserved its own beacon. Sunset is technically at 5:13pm but Erika the Red will be set alight at nautical twilight (when the centre of the winter sun dips several degrees below the horizon) near the Cape Clear Hall at 6:15pm.
BBC News
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Viking ship moors in Inverness during major film shoot in Moray
A boat described as the world's largest Viking ship to be built in modern times has been moored in Inverness during a major film is understood the Draken Harald Hårfagre is being used as an ancient Greek warship in The Odyssey, a new movie by Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan and starring Matt boat's owners said they could not comment directly on any specific film activity, but added that the vessel was involved in various international projects this Odyssey is a poem written almost 3,000 years ago about Greek hero Odysseus and his journey home after years away at war. The film production based on the story has been filming on the Moray Firth locations include the fishing port of Buckie and the ruins of Findlater Castle near Cullen. Nolan's film Oppenheimer won best directing award and best picture at last year's director's other films have included Dunkirk and action scenes for his Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, were filmed in the Cairngorms in was a plan to land a large military transport plane on the A9, but the stunt did not go ahead. Draken is described as a Viking ship built in modern times, and not a began on the 35m (115ft) boat in 2010 and was initiated by Norwegian entrepreneur Sigurd first sailed in 2012 and made its first ocean-going voyage two years later, when it crossed from Haugesund in Norway to Liverpool in the way its mast broke in rough seas near Shetland and the crew was forced into making an emergency stop.A new mast was made from Douglas fir sourced from Dumfries and Draken project's chief executive Emanuel Persson said the boat's arrival at Inverness' Seaport Marina had caused a told BBC Scotland News: "Her presence in Scotland is part of a wider voyage and an exciting chapter in her ongoing story."While we can't comment directly on any specific film activity, we can confirm that Draken has been engaged in various international projects this year, including collaborations within the film and television industry."He added: "Scotland's deep Norse heritage makes it a particularly meaningful destination, and we're proud to bring Draken back to these shore - continuing our mission to connect history, culture, and exploration."
BBC News
28-05-2025
- Science
- BBC News
Photos of Norway's incredibly rare Viking ship discovery
In 1903, a Norwegian farmer discovered an ornate piece of wood sticking out of the mud. One year later, an almost totally intact Viking ship burial had been uncovered, along with incredible artefacts and the bodies of two high-status women. Today the women have raised a wealth of fascinating questions and their ship remains one of the best-preserved Viking artefacts in the world. The Oseberg ship, its artefacts and the buried women will be next on display in 2027, when Oslo's rebuilt Museum of the Viking Age is expected to open again.
CBC
12-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's speed skaters hope for a strong finish at the world championships
Social Sharing Canada's long-track speed skaters took a step back this season. After winning 23 medals, including five golds, across the six World Cup stops in 2023-24, they ended up with just 16 total and two golds when the tour wrapped up a couple of weeks ago. That left Canada seventh in total medals — down from fourth last season. Another decline seems almost inevitable at the world single-distances championships, running Thursday through Sunday in Norway. Last year, when this event took place at Calgary's Olympic Oval, Canadians captured a national-record 10 medals — trailing only the perennial powerhouse Netherlands' 13. It'll be tough to match that kind of production far away from home at the end of a so-so season. Still, Canada has some strong medal contenders this week at the Hamar Olympic Hall, also known as the Vikingskipet (Viking Ship). Let's start with Ivanie Blondin, a five-time world champion and double Olympic medallist who led all Canadians with eight World Cup podiums this season. Four of those came in individual races — including a surprising victory in the 3,000m opener in Japan back in November that turned out to be Canada's only solo gold of the season. Blondin also earned a silver in the mass start (her specialty) at that same meet before finishing with a bronze and a silver in the mass start at the final two World Cups. Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin bags mass start bronze in Poland 17 days ago Duration 11:01 The 34-year-old added four relay medals over the course of the season, including a gold and a silver in the women's team sprint. Blondin helped Canada win the world title in the team sprint last year in Calgary, where she also took silver in the mass start and the team pursuit. However, the Olympic-champion pursuit trio of Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann and Valérie Maltais did not reach the podium in either of its two starts this season while Weidemann and Maltais managed just one solo medal apiece. On the men's side, Canada will be counting on Laurent Dubreuil. The 32-year-old sprinter won the men's 500m (the shortest race in long track) at the 2021 world championships before taking silver each of the last two years while grabbing an Olympic silver in the 1,000m in 2022. He also helped Canada to back-to-back world titles in the men's team sprint in 2023 and last year in Calgary. Dubreuil was the only Canadian to win a medal in a men's World Cup event this season — individual or team. He collected six of them, recovering from a groin injury that kept him off the podium for two months to reach the podium in five of the last six 500m races (most World Cup meets offer two of them for each gender, compared to just one for the other distances). Dubreuil finished second in the men's 500m standings for the fifth time in his career. At the worlds, there's a good chance he'll again find himself trailing Jordan Stolz, the 20-year-old American force of nature who won 17 of his 21 individual races across all distances this season to sweep the 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m titles. The full list of Canadians competing: Men Ted-Jan Bloemen: 5,000m, 10,000, Laurent Dubreuil: 500m, 1,000m, team sprint Christopher Fiola: 500m Graeme Fish: 5,000m, 10,000m Connor Howe: 1,000m, 1,500m, team sprint Anders Johnson: 500m, team sprint David La Rue: 1,000m, 1,500m, mass start Women Ivanie Blondin: 1,500m, 3,000m, mass start, team sprint, team pursuit Laura Hall: 5,000m Rose Laliberté-Roy: 500m Béatrice Lamarche: 1,000m, team sprint Valerie Maltais: 1,500m, 3,000m, mass start, team pursuit Brooklyn McDougall: 500m, team sprint Isabelle Weidemann: 3,000m, 5,000m, team pursuit How to watch:
NBC Sports
10-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
2025 World Championships for short track, speed skating TV, live stream schedule
World championships for speed skating and short track speed skating are both this week, live on Peacock with additional coverage on CNBC. In speed skating, American Jordan Stolz headlines worlds at the Viking Ship in Hamar, Norway, from Thursday through Sunday. Stolz, 20, is the two-time reigning world champion in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m. He is the only man to win three individual events at one worlds and the youngest gold medalist in worlds history (dating to 1996). Stolz recently went more than one year between losses on the World Cup, winning a men's record 18 consecutive races before a Feb. 2 defeat. He then had a bout of pneumonia and strep throat in February, recovered and returned to win three World Cup races. He then withdrew in the middle of the most recent World Cup two weekends ago, citing tiredness from training. If Stolz wins three more golds in Hamar, he will pass Shani Davis, one of his former coaches, for second place on the men's all-time world titles list behind Dutchman Sven Kramer, who won 21. Olympic 500m gold medalist Erin Jackson leads the U.S. women's team. Jackson eyes her first individual world championships medal. She is the two-time reigning World Cup season champion in the 500m based on season-long results. However, Dutchwoman Femke Kok won all five of her 500m starts this season. Kok missed six of the 11 World Cups — taking her out of the running for the season title — and won the last two races. 2025 World Speed Skating Championships Schedule Short track worlds are in Beijing with qualifying rounds Friday and finals Saturday and Sunday. Kristen Santos-Griswold recently became the third American to win an overall season title as the world's top skater. The others were Apolo Ohno (2000-01, '02-03, '04-05) and Katherine Reutter ('10-11). At least year's worlds, Santos-Griswold won a medal in all five events, including claiming her first world title in the 1000m. Her primary challengers are from South Korea and the Netherlands, plus American teammate Corinne Stoddard. Stoddard won three medals at last year's worlds (one individual) and was the world's third-ranked skater this past season. Canadian William Dandjinou headlines the men's field. He's ranked No. 1 in the world this season in the 1000m and 1500m and No. 2 in the 500m. 2025 World Short Track Championships Schedule *Delayed broadcast
