How did vikings eat while they were on ships?

by SamuraiRake

And in tandem with that question, what did they eat?

EyeStache

Dried fish (harðfiskr), bread, meat preserved in whey, and whey itself would have been commonly eaten aboard ships, if there were no islands near enough to stop at. That said, though, in most of the sagas where there is a long duration of shipboard travel, we don't get any descriptions of the food that is eaten.

YUNoDie

To follow up on this, how long was the typical Norse voyage? How long would Viking raiders be away, and was that different from trading voyages?

SmileMonster

Could they have caught fresh fish?

SamuraiRake

Thanks for the responses, everybody <3.

I want to become a viking now.