
On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat
2011, Icelandic. Directed by Ásdís Thoroddsen.
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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- 0h 57m
- Post-credits
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- Icelandic
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- Released
- 21 January 2011
- Original title
- Súðbyrðingur: Saga báts
- Written by
- Ásdís Thoroddsen
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Who directed On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat?
On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat (2011) was directed by Ásdís Thoroddsen and stars Ásdís Thoroddsen.