{"id":407,"date":"2011-07-07T21:30:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T04:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2011-07-07T21:30:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T04:30:21","slug":"will-the-vikings-save-us-from-the-coming-zombie-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/07\/will-the-vikings-save-us-from-the-coming-zombie-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Vikings save us from the coming zombie apocalypse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like ships of all kinds &#8211; airships, steamships, cruise ships, you name it &#8211;  so I read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenboat.com\/wbmag\/index.html\">Wooden Boat<\/a> magazine, among others.<\/p>\n<p>So it was with interest that I noticed that in the current issue &#8211; July\/August 2011 &#8211; the &#8220;Around the Yards&#8221; section, which is about wooden boats under construction or restoration, mentions <em>mostly Viking longships<\/em>. Does this mean something?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Tonsberg, Norway, a <a title=\"The Oseburg Viking Ship Re-Creation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oseburgvikingship.no\/eng\" target=\"_blank\">re-creation<\/a> of the <a title=\"The Oseburg Viking Ship\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oseberg_ship\" target=\"_blank\">Oseburg Ship<\/a>. The original was buried for over a thousand years.<\/li>\n<li>Staying in Norway: Over in Haugesund, <a title=\"Dragon Harald Fairhair\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vikingkings.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Harald Fairhair<\/a>, the largest modern Viking longship in the modern era, is under construction.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, in Anacortes, Washington, F. Jay Smith at Aspoya Boats is building a 56&#8242; Norse ship, a replica and expansion of the Danish <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.rgzm.de\/navis\/ships\/ship005\/Ship005Engl.htm\">Skuldelev 6.<\/a> This will be used for educational purposes.<\/li>\n<li>In Waterford, Ireland, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfordtreasures.com\" target=\"_blank\">Waterford Museum of Treasures<\/a> has commissioned a Viking longship of their own. This one is another <em>Skuldelev 6<\/em> replica. Once the hull is completed, the remaining work will be performed in public view under a shelter at the ruined medieval Greyfriars church, all in time for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfordtallshipsrace.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tall Ships Race<\/a>, (which I see, just ended).<\/li>\n<li>For something a <em>bit<\/em> more modern, we take you to San Diego, where the San Diego Maritime Museum is building a replica of explorer Juan Cabrillo&#8217;s flagship the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdmaritime.org\/san-salvador-build\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Salvador<\/a>. This is expected to launch in 2013. You can visit the construction site starting this month.<\/li>\n<li>And also in San Diego, this reporter was recently photographed at the wheel of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video\/video.php?v=165388033513746\" target=\"_blank\">HMS Surprise<\/a>. Despite no experience conning anything larger than a kayak, there were no injuries and damage was minimal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like ships of all kinds &#8211; airships, steamships, cruise ships, you name it &#8211; so I read Wooden Boat magazine, among others. So it was with interest that I noticed that in the current issue &#8211; July\/August 2011 &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/07\/will-the-vikings-save-us-from-the-coming-zombie-apocalypse\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}