The Vikings are rising again!

The Vikings have a long and venerable history of maritime excellence and competency, tested in harsh conditions. They may even have ‘discovered’ and opened trade with North America, long before Columbus. In more recent times, OES and MTS supported an OCEANS conference in the historic city of Bergen, but since then, OES activity in Norway has waned, and the OES Chapter disbanded. This is a great pity, because Norway has so much to offer the international ocean engineering community, and currently finds itself in at a special juncture in time and place. Let me explain.