EXPLORERS’ LOUNGE | DECK 7–8 THE OSEBERG SHIP The Oseberg ship, built 820 AD, was discovered in a large burial mound near Tønsberg in Vestfold, Norway, on August 10, 1903. The mound was excavated during the summer of 1904 under the leadership of Professor Gabriel Gustafson, assisted by Haakon Shetelig. The ship was rebuilt in Oslo, and in 1926 it was transported on rail lines to Bygdøy in Oslo, where it was placed at the center of a bespoke museum building. The ship is widely renowned and has been called one of the finest finds to survive from the Viking Age. The Oseberg ship is a clinker-built “karv” ship built almost entirely of oak. It is 21.58 meters long and 5.10 meters broad, with a mast of approximately 9 – 10 meters. With a sail of approx. 90 m², the ship could achieve a speed of up to 10 knots. The ship has 15 pairs of oar holes, which means that a crew of ten could row the ship.
EXPLORERS’ LOUNGE | DECK 7–8 TOMMY HØVIK 1980 x NORWAY x COLLAGE Norwegian artist Tommy Høvik works with installations and imagery where the personal and the spiritual, the modern and the sacred are expressed. Høvik explores the poetic potential of the discarded material that surrounds us. Old photographs and postcards, pages from an old book, a timeworn pair of shoes, a shirt or vase of flowers; all are objects that make up his pieces. By deconstructing and assembling these found materials, Høvik’s work often moves in time, from past to present, from the post-apocalypse to the metaphysical afterlife. UNTITLED | 2013 15
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