Few surviving artifacts from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition are as treasured as the Viking, an exact replica of the Gokstad ship that sailed from Norway to be displayed at the Fair. Friends of the Viking Ship in Geneva, Illinois, work to preserve and educate about the Viking and her crew. They have released a new audiobook version of Viking: From Norway to America (Friends of the Viking Ship, 2014), an English translation of the memoir written by crew member Rasmus Rasmussen.

The audiobook is available through many online retailers, including:

A sample from the audiobook is also available. All proceeds go toward our mission to find Viking a permanent, climate-controlled home where she can be preserved for future generations.

The Viking being exhibited on the shore line of Lake Michigan at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The U.S. Government Building stands in the left background. [Image from Bancroft, Hubert Howe The Book of the Fair. The Bancroft Company, 1893.]