http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/17/canoe-returning-to-hawaii-after-epic-round-world-voyage.html
Fantastic accomplishment.
Fantastic accomplishment.
Polynesian boat - around the world
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It is an amazing feat. The trip even included a journey up the Erie Canal in NY and onto the Great Lakes. Since the Hokulea does not have motor, it was towed up the canal. In what was an amazing incident of serendipity the Draken, a replica of a Viking sailing vessel was leaving the Great Lakes after sailing from Norway and up the St. Lawrence River. The boats met in Sylvan Beach NY.
For more information, check out their respective websites.
Hokulea — Polynesian Voyaging Society
Draken Harald Hårfagre – The largest viking ship built in modern times
For more information, check out their respective websites.
Hokulea — Polynesian Voyaging Society
Draken Harald Hårfagre – The largest viking ship built in modern times
UNpossible! Everybody KNOWS it was only 15th century Europeans that were first capable of that kind of sailing!!1!1!1!!.
Just kidding, sounds like an awesome adventure.
Just kidding, sounds like an awesome adventure.
Saw this in the NY Times. Ben Finney was one of the founders of the Polynesian Voyaging Society that oversees the Hokulea. Sad that he died before the boat returned to Hawaii.
Ben Finney, Anthropologist Who Debunked Theory on Island Settlement, Dies at 83 - The New York Times
Ben Finney, Anthropologist Who Debunked Theory on Island Settlement, Dies at 83 - The New York Times