A viking Voyage

I've finished "A Viking Voyage" by W. Hodding Carter (Ebury Press, 2000, 009 1877830 - published in the UK by Random House. I don't usually read travel books from cover to cover, but this one is memorable, particularly for the warmth and humour of the author in describing what was at times quite a painful and stressful period for him. Devising and planning the expeditions of the carefully constructed knarr was but a small part of the total experience - the bigger part was winning people around and getting them as committed to the journey as he was. And once they are committed, he finds himself having to relinquish key aspects of the journeys that he was looking forward to owning to others. On top of all this though, the book shines with a sense of fun and adventure as the boat sails for Vinland, retracing the routes described in the Viking sagas.