Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.

How to play

Drag your finger or the mouse (or use the arrow keys) to move the ship. Ice and rocks cost one hull point; barrels are supplies, and every five barrels restore one point. There are three legs, with ever rougher seas, until land comes into sight. On a portrait screen the ship sails up; on a landscape screen, to the right.

The story behind it

The Icelandic sagas say that Leif Eriksson, sailing from Greenland, found three lands: Helluland, the “land of flat stones”, Markland, the “land of forests”, and Vinland. The route, the ice and the barrels in the game are made up for play. Read what the sagas tell and what archaeology shows in Leif Eriksson and Vinland: what the sagas tell and what archaeology shows.