In July 2010 we unveiled 900-plus new names of Scandinavian immigrants, inscribed on plaques mounted on 13 rune stones at the base of Seattle's Leif Erikson memorial statue at Shilshole Bay Marina. A total of 1,767 names are now listed at the memorial.

Vinland 2013 is a new blog attempting to map out Erik the Red's and Leif Erikson's voyages in Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, as recorded in the Sagas.

A team in Tønsberg, Norway, is building a replica of the ancient Oseberg Viking ship discovered there in 1904—using only manual power and exact copies of Viking tools. It sounds like a boat Leif Erikson could be proud of.

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