Chasing the Vikings’ wake

Jarrett and his crew aboard a ‘femboring’, an open clinker boat, along the west coast of the Scandinavian Peninsula. — Greer Kimsa Jarrett via The New York Times

LATE in the summer of 2021, Greer Jarrett set out on the first of 26 voyages to retrace the sea routes once taken by Viking sailors.

The Vikings, remembered as much for raiding as for trading, built commercial networks that stretched as far as Baghdad.