Foreign Shores
Image size 47 cm x 61 cm/ 18 1/2 inches x 24 inches
NOK: 3 000,-
Eventually Bjarni spotted land, causing great excitement among his crew. But from a distance none of them believed it could be Greenland. Bjarni decided to sail towards the
shoreline, and their first impressions were confirmed. Unlike Greenland, they could see that the land had no mountains but was wooded with low ridges, unlike anything they had
come across before.
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Unknown Lands
Image size 58,6 cm x 38 cm/ 23 inches x 15 inches
NOK: 3 000,-
Bjarni left the land on the port quarter and sailed onwards. Two days and two nights later his men caught sight of land again - once more it was flat and wooded. By this time
Bjarni was anxious to reach his father before the winter set in. His men became restive, demanding that they go ashore to find food and water. Their captain’s reply was curt
and final: "You’re not in need of either".
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They Hoist Sail
Image size 39 cm x 52 cm/ 15 inches x 20 inches
NOK: 2 400,-
Bjarni ordered them to hoist sail. With some reluctance and quite a few angry words, his men did so. They turned the prow away from the land and sailed out to sea with a
south-westerly wind behind them for three days and nights.
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Glaciers
Image size 47 cm x 44 cm/ 18 1/2 inches x 17 inches
NOK: 3 000,-
They spied the distant outline of a high and mountainous landscape, which was blanketed with glaciers. Bjarni decided not to lower sail but to continue on his course without
stopping. He followed the coastline and discovered it to be an island.
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