Adventure expedition
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An expedition by adventurers to Norway has ended in tragedy: A young woman has died during an attempted crossing from the Faroe Islands in a replica Viking ship.
Six people had attempted to sail and row to Norway. They had chosen an open and motorless ship for the approximately 930 kilometer (around 500 nautical miles) journey in order to bring the world of the Vikings and seafaring history to life. The expedition was led by Swiss skipper Andy Fitze.
High waves
At the weekend, he and his companions set sail from Tvøroyri on the Faroese island of Suduroy with the ten-metre-long wooden ship. But the experiment failed. The open ship capsized near the town on the west Norwegian coast. According to Norwegian sources, the weather conditions were poor. There were waves that were up to five meters high.
Here you can see a post about the rescue operation.
Passengers pulled out of the water
While five people were pulled out of the water late on Tuesday evening, all help came too late for a 29-year-old Mexican woman who lives in the USA. Her body was spotted a few hundred meters from the scene of the accident on Wednesday morning and pronounced dead on the spot.
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