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In December 2021, the United Nations’ cultural agency, UNESCO, inscribed the Nordic “clinker boats” to its Heritage List.<\/p>\n

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For thousands of years, wooden sailboats have allowed northern Europeans to spread influence, trade, and even conflict across continents and seas.<\/p>\n

The UNESCO designation was requested jointly by Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, and Norway.<\/p>\n

The term

\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/svg>\r\n <\/span>\r\n Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div> “clinker” is said to refer to the way the building’s wooden boards were attached.<\/p>\n

The use of overlapping longitudinal

\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/svg>\r\n <\/span>\r\n Subscribe on YouTube\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div> hardwood hull planks distinguishes wooden clinker boats.<\/p>\n

These planks are held together by stitched or riveted seams. Internally, boats are fortified with additional wooden components, particularly tall oak trees.<\/p>\n

Gaps are filled with a mixture of tar or tallow, animal hair, moss, and wool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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