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Hjemkomst Viking Ship The Dream Logging Hawley Shipyard Construction Christening Crew Training Voyage
A DREAM In 1971, Robert Asp, a guidance
councilor at Moorhead Jr. High School, began his dream to build a Viking
ship and sail it to Oslo Norway. Asp built the Hjemkomst in a former potato warehouse
in Hawley, MN that he rented in 1974. Six years later, Robert
Asp sailed his ship on Lake Superior. He died of Leukemia in
December of that year. In the summer of 1982, Robert Asp’s
family and friends sailed the Hjemkomst 6100
miles from Duluth, MN to Bergen, Norway where they arrived on
July 19,1982. Learn
about the voyage, including the storm 500 miles from New York that
created a crack in the hull nearly 14 feet long that almost caused the
crew to head back to North America. See how the crew lived during
the 72-day voyage.
Feel the massive ship; touch the water-worn wood. You
will see why it symbolizes the Center's theme, "Dare to
Dream."
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