<ul><li>Researchers have used a computer simulation to understand how Bronze Age Scandinavians crossed the sea.</li><li>The simulation suggests that these seafarers had the ability to travel directly from Norway to Denmark across the Skagerrak strait.</li><li>The journey would have required navigation skills, favorable weather conditions, and the ability to navigate waves and winds.</li><li>The alternative coastal route along Sweden would have been safer but took longer with regular pitstops for supplies.</li></ul>

Secrets of how Bronze Age Scandinavians crossed seas revealed by computer simulation

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