On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat

Four experienced boatbuilders join forces in building a clinkboat of the type that was once predominant in the Breidafjord Bay archipelago in the West of Iceland. In this film the history and craft of the North European clinkboat, and its many local variations, is examined with the help of historians and boatbuilders in Iceland and other Nordic countries.

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Release Date

January 21, 2011

Status

Released

Original Title

Súðbyrðingur: Saga báts

Runtime

57min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Icelandic

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