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Viking DNA expert leads longboat raid in Norway

A 54-strong 'Viking Navy' led by a University of Nottingham scientist and Viking expert has carried out an unusual expedition to Norway, to row the largest replica Viking longship ever built.
Professor Stephen Harding and his crew of Viking enthusiasts from the Wirral and East Midlands were invited by the Norwegians to test the new 70 ton Dragon Harald Fairhair, a 114 foot hand-built oak longship named after the king who unified Norway in the late 9th century.
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