Every Genius Detail That Made Viking Longships Remarkable

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Smithsonian Channel

Smithsonian Channel

4 жыл бұрын

Vikings were expert shipbuilders, and the longships that survived from the era are a testament to their ingenuity, as well as the strength and durability of their preferred wood type: oak.
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@fratercontenduntocculta8161
@fratercontenduntocculta8161 Жыл бұрын
I'm always pleased to see ancient traditions being upheld. Truly a genius way of building a vessel!
@johngeverett
@johngeverett 4 жыл бұрын
Seems like it just ended with the story half-told.
@wildman2012
@wildman2012 4 жыл бұрын
I was just going to say the same thing. Where's part 2?
@MCFishNuggets
@MCFishNuggets 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the smithsonian channel
@DennisMook-ky6lx
@DennisMook-ky6lx 5 ай бұрын
Because they dont give there secrets up
@carolwilliams7052
@carolwilliams7052 4 жыл бұрын
How fortunate that there are craftsfolk willing and able to carry this on these highly specialized techniques, else they would be doomed to be lost forever...
@LookBackHistory
@LookBackHistory 4 жыл бұрын
Indeed. It's a shame when stuff like this gets lost to history.
@bluemarshall6180
@bluemarshall6180 4 жыл бұрын
@@LookBackHistory Watch history channel. 😆
@anunentitledmotivatedmille7731
@anunentitledmotivatedmille7731 3 жыл бұрын
@@LookBackHistory remember when that huge library burned down?
@flfun2no
@flfun2no 4 жыл бұрын
This was not every genius detail that made viking longships remarkable.
@Pauly421
@Pauly421 Жыл бұрын
Yeah that was barely any detail... CHILDHOOD RUINED!
@sharcc2511
@sharcc2511 4 жыл бұрын
Before watching. Alright, ready for the entire video to be vaguely related to the title without actually answering the question! Here we go! Edit after watching: Went over material choice and basic wood working. Not really any of the "Genius details" that they said they'd explain.
@amirbinomar
@amirbinomar 2 жыл бұрын
I came from Terengganu, there’s an ancient boatman village. Only handful still alive making remarkable boats using traditional method. During our prime, we made big boats for the Chinese and Japanese too. Traditional way, is the only way.
@boathemian7694
@boathemian7694 8 ай бұрын
I’ve stood there looking at these ships. Worth the trip.
@JohnJohansen2
@JohnJohansen2 4 жыл бұрын
Guy's! This was only a 3½ minutes advertisement for the channel. There are lots of serious KZfaq channels that handle the Viking world a lot more seriously!
@8jurg8
@8jurg8 4 жыл бұрын
finally I can remember which side "starboard" refers to!
@jackwinemiller8358
@jackwinemiller8358 4 жыл бұрын
Port and left of h
@jackwinemiller8358
@jackwinemiller8358 4 жыл бұрын
Port and left both have four letters it’s that easy
@DavidSmith-ss1cg
@DavidSmith-ss1cg 4 жыл бұрын
@@jackwinemiller8358 - Good call; that's how I remember it. I just think of the number of letters in the words "red," "left," and "port." The right words, nautical terms and marker light colors, all easy to remember.
@Gawddaym
@Gawddaym 4 жыл бұрын
The easiest way to remember is that Left and Port are 4 letters so they go together
@welshpete12
@welshpete12 4 жыл бұрын
@Hubert Cumberdale larboard , is Anglo Saxon for ladder side . The side against the quay .Where presumably a ladder would be used to get on board . Of course this could be confusing in a storm , when there would be a lot of noise . So they changed it . I have read the Royal Navy changed it to port hand side in 1738 .
@paoloviti6156
@paoloviti6156 4 жыл бұрын
What makes me annoyed is that this video has ended abruptly! Great carpenter that is building a Viking ship👍👍👍
@sammoore9689
@sammoore9689 4 жыл бұрын
Vikings also did a lot of metal extraction from earth. Many viking sites were next to marches, where they mined the bottom layer to get iron.
@darth_yoda
@darth_yoda 2 жыл бұрын
Funny enough it's called Bog Iron :P
@raccoonsparkle
@raccoonsparkle 2 ай бұрын
True, but the iron we have (and had) in Denmark are of poor quality, so we had to trade us to better iron.
@raccoonsparkle
@raccoonsparkle 2 ай бұрын
@@darth_yoda mainly because it is found and extracted from bogs :)
@xvdd1
@xvdd1 4 жыл бұрын
They were called "clinker" from the clinking of iron rivets.
@cuhurun
@cuhurun 4 жыл бұрын
Good video, but please make them longer so more detail and facts can be aired.
@cherylhannon8673
@cherylhannon8673 4 жыл бұрын
Spectacular. Good ship making.
@castortroymidranda
@castortroymidranda 2 жыл бұрын
nice video, thanks for this, from Brazil
@ericthered9655
@ericthered9655 3 жыл бұрын
I'm interested in how these small vessels survived the monster waves they must have seen.
@aaronbarlow4376
@aaronbarlow4376 Жыл бұрын
Floki's engineering sorted that out.
@greglaroche1753
@greglaroche1753 4 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t seem like the whole video is there. Very abruptly ended.
@KermitOfWar
@KermitOfWar 6 ай бұрын
Viking ship designs are bizarre looking, yet their design were built with purpose. To be durable, swift, & fast. Boat builders are one of a kind. Every cut, measurement, & hammer strike has to be just right or else the boat turns into a sinking canoe.👍
@aidanstewart909
@aidanstewart909 Жыл бұрын
So proud of my ancestors!
@detroitandclevelandfan5503
@detroitandclevelandfan5503 Жыл бұрын
Bless you, for so many do not have pride in their ancestry.
@julianblacksmith8539
@julianblacksmith8539 11 ай бұрын
Lucifer became prideful and rebeled against the most high.
@betkay1018
@betkay1018 4 жыл бұрын
This old world technology so wonderful to know about. Proud of my Viking heritage and that tradition is kept alive ... these days it may be a time of deja vu !!
@ScooterFXRS
@ScooterFXRS 4 жыл бұрын
Smithsonian Channel: bait and switch teasers, as usual.
@markwillies4330
@markwillies4330 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing craftsmanship both in the past and present. Incredible how brave humans are.Crossing oceans in a vessel like that with very little protection against the sea. Lastly I hope that guy swinging that axe has made good use of his sausage and beans coz that looks a bit scary.
@ryancarter4418
@ryancarter4418 2 жыл бұрын
How does it look scary? He is on the other side of the plank.
@thedwightguy
@thedwightguy 4 жыл бұрын
wedging planks is easier in extremely cold weather and first growth wood; no knots, straight splitting at minus 40 below. My grandfather did this making beams in northwest Ontario, homesteading.
@jamilam1980
@jamilam1980 4 жыл бұрын
Now I'm gonna build a paddle board, inspired by this guy. A little mini viking ship with an oak steering board
@gallowglass3764
@gallowglass3764 Жыл бұрын
Progress?
@erikmorrissette6749
@erikmorrissette6749 4 жыл бұрын
The viking ship used phantom rudder, narrow with a spoiler to cut the turbulence behind the rudder. You show a traditional rudder.
@warvex
@warvex 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@Black-Panther94
@Black-Panther94 Жыл бұрын
1:32 how did the vikings make their hull waterproof?
@AmazingNatureRelaxation
@AmazingNatureRelaxation 4 жыл бұрын
🌺 Love looking back at these ancient weapons and technology. So fascinating to see how advanced they were given their lack of precision machinery and education. - H
@johnwattdotca
@johnwattdotca 4 жыл бұрын
Is this narrator going to say the basic logic of the design of these ships was sailing forward and backward?
@MRYEMAN
@MRYEMAN 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this cuz of Valheim
@theenigma7685
@theenigma7685 4 жыл бұрын
amazing... though i always wondered how the vikings managed to navigate what tools did they use
@almostfancyconnoisseur8929
@almostfancyconnoisseur8929 4 жыл бұрын
Just gave the 1k like for this video 😎
@OzMan9989
@OzMan9989 4 жыл бұрын
Impressive.
@Brubarov
@Brubarov Жыл бұрын
How did they carry and drag them across land??
@richardmoss5934
@richardmoss5934 4 жыл бұрын
0:48 the narrator says that planks were built up on either side yet the animation shows both sides so which is it?
@ulistadler832
@ulistadler832 4 жыл бұрын
are you joking or just bad at english? either side means every side which in this case are both
@garychynne1377
@garychynne1377 4 жыл бұрын
thank yew
@ns7353
@ns7353 4 жыл бұрын
2:42 24 cell phone theme
@FlyTyer1948
@FlyTyer1948 4 жыл бұрын
Were the iron nails a weak point? I expect they would rust out fairly quickly after a few voyages. Did they replace them frequently?
@motordude67
@motordude67 3 жыл бұрын
They used, as you say, iron nails. Iron nails with very low, almost zero carbon. That would make them easy to deform when they hammered the nails. Another very important aspect of low carbon iron besides its malleability, is that the less carbon, the more corrosion resistant it is. If you look at modern stainless steels that is an alloy of iron, nickel and chrome, you will find very little carbon, as it infact decreases corrosion resistance. The ship itself was also covered in tar so that would also protect the nails. In most vikingship burials, the oak is long gone but the nails are still there, but of course corroded. The vikings knew how to make iron and steel from bog iron, which is available everywhere so replacing and repairing nails would have been straight forward. I would imagine that they carrier some spareparts as well.
@FlyTyer1948
@FlyTyer1948 3 жыл бұрын
@@motordude67 Thank you for your reply & explanation. I’ve wondered about the nails issue for quite awhile. I used to help a friend maintain his wooden sailboat & observed how much work went into caulking, oiling, painting & metal maintenance was required.
@namesomega3694
@namesomega3694 3 жыл бұрын
Was it possible to lower the mast like in the video game?
@robodell7
@robodell7 5 ай бұрын
Where can I find the rest.
@iampizzaman9955
@iampizzaman9955 3 жыл бұрын
so true
@walkertongdee
@walkertongdee 4 жыл бұрын
Hey, Smith, you got it wrong its called lapstrake
@carmstrong3254
@carmstrong3254 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty. Neat
@PotatoeJoe69
@PotatoeJoe69 Жыл бұрын
It really is quite surprising they managed to cross some of the most treacherous seas on the planet in these. Not what one would think could handle rough seas.
@rogersmith8339
@rogersmith8339 Жыл бұрын
The boats flexed which allows them to ride through huge waves. Look for videos of Draken.
@rasaecnai
@rasaecnai 4 жыл бұрын
this channel is frustrating because they make me want to watch more and the videos just end
@megatron8490
@megatron8490 4 жыл бұрын
What documentary is this?
@tammcd
@tammcd 4 жыл бұрын
The narrator sounds like the fellow in the psychedelic TV commercials that put me off Heinz for life.
@timothykissinger4883
@timothykissinger4883 4 жыл бұрын
Would the Vikings cut down one large tree or several to build the ships?
@FedoReds88
@FedoReds88 4 жыл бұрын
Several, at last 5
@nirestrunk4923
@nirestrunk4923 4 жыл бұрын
These ships are gorgeous but I'd honestly rather have the 200+ year old tree still alive. 😭
@livingadreamlife1428
@livingadreamlife1428 4 жыл бұрын
Don’t know for sure, although many times they are using timber that has already been felled by storms, fire or other reason.
@LookBackHistory
@LookBackHistory 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know if "dominant force in Europe for over 200 years" is necessarily an accurate characterization of the Vikings. For one, they were hardly a unified "force" as different raids/conquests occurred under different leaders at different times with different amounts of success and for another, while they did reach much of Europe they were only able to really establish themselves in England and Normandy and to some extent, Russia. Besides Scandinavia itself, obviously.
@NisseOhlsen
@NisseOhlsen Жыл бұрын
We were the greatest then. We are the greatest now. Look up which countries have the highest quality of life.
@abortedorphan8259
@abortedorphan8259 4 жыл бұрын
Bruh I've been pissing for 2 minutes, is it a new world record?
@swatimurmu3583
@swatimurmu3583 4 жыл бұрын
All hail Floki!!!
@paapiajahan8431
@paapiajahan8431 4 жыл бұрын
💛 Ha Ha Ha Ha 💛
@swatimurmu3583
@swatimurmu3583 4 жыл бұрын
@@paapiajahan8431 finally someone got the reference lol
@nasigorengpecelesteh1506
@nasigorengpecelesteh1506 4 жыл бұрын
Viking boat come to indo pasific ocean..meet with java lung . Borneo long ship n others
@hotsauce294
@hotsauce294 2 жыл бұрын
Me watching this while playing AC VALHALLA .
@markbeale7390
@markbeale7390 Жыл бұрын
No wonder they became experts with axes as a weapon.
@seanriopel3132
@seanriopel3132 3 жыл бұрын
Don't bother explaining what the clinker part is.
@foundsainpalaceentertainme8943
@foundsainpalaceentertainme8943 2 жыл бұрын
it was plank wood on each other
@TEKKKNO
@TEKKKNO 3 жыл бұрын
Hey i found a new way to sailing to the west lol
@BamBamBigelow..
@BamBamBigelow.. 4 жыл бұрын
I prefer my Viking ship built by Lego Inc.
@pauloamw
@pauloamw 3 жыл бұрын
Why did they cut down a 200 year old oak tree?
@user-dq2ly5ut9j
@user-dq2ly5ut9j 4 жыл бұрын
I guess I'm in that side of the internet again
@danielpaulson3631
@danielpaulson3631 4 жыл бұрын
Doing work with old techniques is cool and all, but I'd suggest we should leave 200 year old trees alone for the time being.
@rasheedhadi3600
@rasheedhadi3600 2 жыл бұрын
الفايكنج محاربين اشداء وسفنهم سريعة
@phuglee
@phuglee 3 жыл бұрын
valheim sent me
@knivesinmediaog
@knivesinmediaog 8 ай бұрын
So cool
@timhaakenson916
@timhaakenson916 11 ай бұрын
JUST A LITTLE HOBBY.. CALM DOWN LITTLE GIRL
@pototskyjhonpaul1599
@pototskyjhonpaul1599 Жыл бұрын
Jaime...
@cosmaprismo
@cosmaprismo 4 жыл бұрын
Wow i am the 4th comment. Never been so early on this channel.
@justsomefbiagentwithbigfoo8977
@justsomefbiagentwithbigfoo8977 3 жыл бұрын
I was told vikings were savages, and frankly I'm not buying it.. murderers yes, but not savages
@willsimpkins7278
@willsimpkins7278 4 жыл бұрын
Remind me how complete this is well I guess it's just like everything else that's the Smithsonian famous for to incomplete and controversial
@michaelfisher7170
@michaelfisher7170 4 жыл бұрын
its only a segment from a full documentary.
@davidprocter3578
@davidprocter3578 4 жыл бұрын
Why put up a teaser,? About time that history started to credit vikings did not invent this type of boat or construction. Don't believe me, then take a look at the Sutton Ho ship. Saxons were raiding the east Anglian coast before the Romans left the British Isles in very similar ships.
@leod2408
@leod2408 3 жыл бұрын
asberg ship?? lol
@nationalkalaamtv
@nationalkalaamtv 4 жыл бұрын
Eow viedeo
@kirstylakin1572
@kirstylakin1572 3 жыл бұрын
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ya
@FortoFight
@FortoFight 4 жыл бұрын
Was it really justified to use a 200 year-old tree just to make a historically accurate longboat?
@FedoReds88
@FedoReds88 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@BillFromTheHill100
@BillFromTheHill100 4 жыл бұрын
Yea fool. Trees grow.
@Northman1963
@Northman1963 10 ай бұрын
I doubt the ancient shipwrights split massive oaks with simple wedges. It takes too long with too much effort and men involved. They needed thousands of boards and built large fleets. Ever watch how long it takes modern men to get one board from an oak using wedges? It's ridiculous. I think the ancients had other techniques and tools that were lost to history.
@MUCKFOOT⁶⁶⁶
@MUCKFOOT⁶⁶⁶ 11 ай бұрын
arrrrrrrrr☠️
@cv507
@cv507 Жыл бұрын
Gvtz in tränceeggschön För dna and ship täch ^?^
@SwiftyJet7145
@SwiftyJet7145 4 жыл бұрын
Ex
@melelconquistador
@melelconquistador 3 жыл бұрын
Haha valheim tide
@Weesel71
@Weesel71 4 жыл бұрын
Every genius detail in less than 4 minutes. All of them. Yep. Four minutes not even. Thumb down.
@Tim_G_Bennett
@Tim_G_Bennett 4 жыл бұрын
So much drama!
@QuantumPyrite_88.9
@QuantumPyrite_88.9 4 жыл бұрын
It's amusing the movies and depictions of horses leaping off of these ships . The predecessor to the Portuguese Man of War could carry horses during the same historical time frame as the Vikings . It's no wonder why the Vikings stayed away from the areas of Portugal .
@AmandaFromWisconsin
@AmandaFromWisconsin 4 жыл бұрын
(sigh) Here we go again.
@jay-sk7bl
@jay-sk7bl 4 жыл бұрын
Incomplete
@SwiftyJet7145
@SwiftyJet7145 4 жыл бұрын
Ez : me I’m dead
@philipvernejules9926
@philipvernejules9926 4 жыл бұрын
The Vikings didn't build ships. Their slaves built the ships . The expertise for shipbuilding was with their slaves .
@AmandaFromWisconsin
@AmandaFromWisconsin 4 жыл бұрын
Even if that's true, I don't think the slaves designed them.
@Mondo762
@Mondo762 4 жыл бұрын
How did the Vikings travel to get their slaves? On long boats. The tools, the design and the skill needed to build these boats took years to acquire. The knowledge was then passed down through the generations. Not possible for captured slaves to make the tools, come up with the design and then actually build a long boat.
@danielbarnes8694
@danielbarnes8694 3 жыл бұрын
I hate it hen American talks about history
@AmandaFromWisconsin
@AmandaFromWisconsin 2 жыл бұрын
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