What you’re seeing: A Viking fleet on the Seine, with sources describing anywhere from roughly 300 to 700 ships. The longships are clinker built, meaning overlapping wooden planks fastened together for strength and flexibility. Where is this? Paris was concentrated on Île de la Cité, the fortified island in the Seine. Two low bridges (one wooden, one stone) helped block ship traffic past the island. Who led this Viking fleet? The main names that appear in the record are Sigfred and Sinric(often