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Sorlandet Makes Her Way Through The Welland Canal

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Sørlandet's 2013 journey is recreating its trip to Chicago's World Fair in 1933. According to its website, Sørlandet is "the world's oldest and best kept full rigged ship."

Constructed in a Norwegian shipyard in 1927, Sørlandet has a storied history. Across the decades, it has served as a training vessel for merchant marines, was the first Norwegian training ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, was used by Germans during World War II to accompany their submarines and house Russian prisoners of war. It was partially sunk during the conflict.

Today, the ship is owned by a Norway-based nonprofit organization, Stiftelsen Fullriggeren Sørlandet. The ship serves as a training vessel, described as a "floating classroom" for Class Afloat, a private school based out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The program allows high school juniors and seniors to train aboard the ship and visit ports in North and South America, Africa and Europe.
By Cole Waterman | cwaterma@mlive.com
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