LELYSTAD, Netherlands, July 16 (UPI) -- A Viking sailing ship, made in the Netherlands from 5 million recycled ice cream sticks with the help of 5,000 school children, is ready for the high seas.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- An ex-movie stuntman took the first step in what he hopes will be a trans-Atlantic trip when he launched a ship in Amsterdam made of ice-cream sticks.

A replica Viking ship made of 15 million ice cream sticks is to be launched in Amsterdam by a former Hollywood stuntman who hopes eventually to sail it across the Atlantic. The 15-metre ship ...