From there the ship sailed , via several ports of call in Newfoundland , to New York City , where she arrived on 5 October , approximately 3 months after the start of the voyage . '' Íslendingur '' was laid up in Westbrook , Connecticut . A deal to use her in advertising fell through because of the 9/11 attacks . In 2002 she was purchased by an Icelandic consortium led by the region of Southern Peninsula . She was displayed in the open air on the coast in Reykjanesbær until she could be moved into the newly constructed Viking World museum in 2008 . She is suspended one and a half metres above the ground so that visitors can walk underneath her hull and observe the workmanship
9/11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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