Representative clinker-built sailing vessels capable of carrying crews, supplies, and livestock between Greenland and lands west of the Labrador Sea. Exact vessels and routes are not known.
Around the year 1000, Norse seafarers travelled from Greenland to lands west of the Labrador Sea. The Icelandic sagas associate several voyages with Leif Erikson, Thorfinn Karlsefni, and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, while archaeology securely demonstrates a Norse presence at L’Anse aux Meadows.
Sources and further reading
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Parks Canada. Official archaeological and historical interpretation of the Norse site, its buildings, activities, seafaring context, and Indigenous landscape.
The Saga of Vinland, Parks Canada. Official contextual account comparing the Vinland sagas with archaeology and identifying the uncertainty around named voyages and places.