On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat

On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat 2011 Directed by Ásdís Thoroddsen Súðbyrðingur: Saga báts

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.

Country Iceland

Language Icelandic

Spoken Language Icelandic

Release Date 21 January 2011

57 mins