Aurora elders from watching or interpreting the messages of ancestors they believed were transmitted through an aurora. "[[Bulfinch's Mythology]]" relates that in [[Norse mythology]], the armour of the [[Valkyrie|Valkyrior]] "sheds a strange flickering light, which flashes up over the northern skies, making what Men call the 'aurora borealis', or 'Northern Lights' ". There appears to be no evidence in [[Old Norse literature]] to substantiate this assertion. The first Old Norse account of "norðrljós" is found in the Norwegian chronicle "[[Konungs Skuggsjá]]" from AD 1230. The chronicler has heard about this phenomenon from compatriots returning from [[Greenland]], and he gives three possible
Aurora Borealis (icebreaker) being the inner Arctic Ocean. The planning for the vessel started in 2002. The project is coordinated by the European Polar Board, an expert board of the European Science Foundation. In March 2007 the BMBF (the German Federal Ministry for Science and Education) funded the preparations for "Aurora Borealis", the Helmholtz Association center Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research hosted this project. In 2010, the German Council of Science and Humanities stopped to support the planning which made the future of the 800-million-euro ship, designed by Schiffko (nowadays Wärtsilä Ship Design), uncertain. The project has been delayed, and