r/BeAmazed 3d ago

Miscellaneous / Others The ocean is both scary and beautiful.

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u/Im_Ur_Huckleberry77 3d ago

This looks intense... but imagine 400 years ago going across the Atlantic on a wooden ship not knowing when you'd be on land again.

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u/Artislife61 3d ago

Think of the Vikings, whose Longship was basically a glorified canoe.

No interior areas. They were essentially exposed the entire time.

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u/rcrux 3d ago

Makes you realise why they often settled in the new place rather than go back and risk the journey twice. Some of those guys did multiple long journeys and somehow navigated their way back home, crazy!