Even the best Eagle Scout prefers to navigate during the day. The Vikings, apparently, would have laughed at such a preference—according to new research, the North Atlantic seafarers’ sun compass was ...

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A rough, whitish block recovered from an Elizabethan shipwreck may be a sunstone, the fabled crystal believed by some to have helped Vikings and other medieval seafarers navigate the high seas, ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - British caterer Compass Group has agreed to buy Nordic rival Fazer Food Services for around 475 million euros (£424 million), the two companies said on Tuesday, giving it a ...