Which outcome routinely affected Viking longship voyages when encountering North Atlantic storms?

💡 Explanation

Sheer strake splitting on longships would occur due to wave-induced stress concentration, causing planks joins to fail via cohesive separation; these ships lacked internal frames for reinforcement; therefore, hull integrity declined, leading to seawater ingress, rather than rope or rudder failure which were distinct isolated mechanical system problems.

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