The Viking shipbuilders did not enter the forest at random. They first searched for large, straight-grown, knot-free oaks capable of yielding broad planks, because a clinker hull would not forgive poor timber, and the choice made at the start would determine the ultimate fate of the whole vessel.
Charcoal illustration by Selim Rumi Civralı.
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