At 47,800 tons, Viking Sea is a third the size of many of the megaships being rolled out by major cruise lines -- and that's on purpose. It's smaller size allows it to access smaller ports that megaships can't visit. Viking Cruises.
Bairn is Scots, Scottish English, and Northern English for a child. It originated in Old English as bearn, becoming chiefly Scottish circa 1700. A man with his boat and bairns in a calotype print from the 1840s, now in the National Galleries of Scotland.
bairn Synonyms Synonyms child [chiefly Scottish], bambino, bud, chap [Southern & Midland], chick, cub, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, moppet, sprat, sprout, squirt, whelp, youngling, youngster, youth