Ice-Cream Stick Ship Sails For England
A Viking ship made from ice-cream sticks set sail for England from the Netherlands on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. The 15-metre long ship, named after the Norse god Thor, is made from 15 million recycled ice-cream sticks glued together by US-born stuntman Robert McDonald, his son and more than 5,000 children. Badly injured as a child in a gas explosion that killed the rest of his family, he has loaded his ship with cuddly toys and plans to reach London and visit children in hospitals.