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Wild Ways of the Vikings

Cast from towering volcanicbasalt and petrified ash, the Faroe Islands area symphony in...

Cast from towering volcanic
basalt and petrified ash, the Faroe Islands are
a symphony in rock and water

Full Transcript

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Cast from towering volcanic basalt and petrified ash,
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the Faroe Islands are a symphony in rock and water
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:53
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, family

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Movie Summary

Travelling from Norway to Newfoundland just as seafarers did in A.D. 1,000 to get a sense of how the Vikings lived in the Americas; narrator Ewan MacGregor.
By the year 825, the Viking settlers had established a small colony here - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
By the year 825, the Viking settlers had established a small...
Living by subsistence farming, supplemented by one of the richest - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:11
Living by subsistence farming, supplemented by one of the ri...
In the breeding season, seabirds are a more important - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
In the breeding season, seabirds are a more important
Puffins are eaten most often, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:09
Puffins are eaten most often,
With bare feet, and a well-practised grip, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
With bare feet, and a well-practised grip,
The young gannets are the tenderest and most prized - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:09
The young gannets are the tenderest and most prized
They're protected by dagger-like bills - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
They're protected by dagger-like bills
But sooner or later, the adults will have to leave - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
But sooner or later, the adults will have to leave
Perhaps no other bird masters air and water like a gannet - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:17
Perhaps no other bird masters air and water like a gannet
But it's beneath the surface of the water that they really - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
But it's beneath the surface of the water that they rea...
With the Atlantic offering up such bounty, the constant fishing trips - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:09
With the Atlantic offering up such bounty, the constant fish...
The Vikings too only take what they need, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
The Vikings too only take what they need,
In the 9th century, gannet numbers across the northern world - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:13
In the 9th century, gannet numbers across the northern world
A few eggs are harvested too - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:31
A few eggs are harvested too
By the year 874, the Viking colonists had reached - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:13
By the year 874, the Viking colonists had reached
One of the very last places on Earth to be colonised by humanity - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
One of the very last places on Earth to be colonised by huma...
10% glacier, and 50% mountainous lava desert - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:19
10% glacier, and 50% mountainous lava desert
Only one other land mammal had colonised this savage landscape - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
Only one other land mammal had colonised this savage landsca...
Crossing on an ice bridge at the end of the Pleistocene period, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:10
Crossing on an ice bridge at the end of the Pleistocene peri...
In summer, Arctic foxes feed almost exclusively on seabirds - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:13
In summer, Arctic foxes feed almost exclusively on seabirds