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| | ABC News: Man Launches Ice Cream Stick Viking Ship |
 | | American Rob McDonald, right, now a resident of the Netherlands, stand on the stern of a ship he built from wooden ice cream sticks at the launch of the replica Viking ship in Amsterdam harbor, Netherlands, Tuesday Aug. 16, 2005. |
 | | McDonald, an American who lives with his Dutch wife and their son in the city of Emmeloord, had help from a host of advisers, sponsors and neighborhood children. |
 | | After the 13 ton boat was lifted into the water by crane, "Captain Rob," as he is known, stood calmly on the stern as a team of volunteers rowed the apparently sturdy vessel around the IJ River behind the city's central station. |
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