A whistle cut sharply through the misty morning, signaling to the eight oars to move as one as the Viking ship Valkyrie pushed off from a small dock. Brightly-painted wooden shields line the deck ...
OAK HARBOR, Wash. — After 13 years of craftsmanship and community effort, Valkyrie — a 60-foot, hand-built Viking ship — sailed through Deception Pass on its maiden voyage. Constructed from cedar and ...
They weren’t angels of mercy — they were the death call of the battlefield. Valkyries rode through chaos, choosing who would die and who would rise in the afterlife. Half were sent to Odin’s Valhalla, ...