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Wild Ways of the Vikings

Driven by the desirefor conquest and trade, the Atlantic was crossedan island step at a...

Driven by the desire
for conquest and trade, the Atlantic was crossed
an island step at a time, taking the Viking adventurers
into inspiring new worlds, full of remarkable birds and beasts

Full Transcript

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Driven by the desire for conquest and trade,
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the Atlantic was crossed an island step at a time,
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taking the Viking adventurers into inspiring new worlds,
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full of remarkable birds and beasts
Duration
15 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:04
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 810, the Vikings had reached the Shetland Islands - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
By the year 810, the Vikings had reached the Shetland Island...
The Iron Age tower of Mousa Broch had stood for 1000 years - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
The Iron Age tower of Mousa Broch had stood for 1000 years
For settlers arriving in this strange and windblown world, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
For settlers arriving in this strange and windblown world,
Viking sagas tell of it being used as a hideout for lovers, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
Viking sagas tell of it being used as a hideout for lovers,
But most Viking Age people seemed to have given it a wide berth - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
But most Viking Age people seemed to have given it a wide be...
Perhaps because these ancient walls echo with unearthly sounds - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
Perhaps because these ancient walls echo with unearthly soun...
But these are no trolls or demons - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
But these are no trolls or demons
They're storm petrels - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:09
They're storm petrels
For early mariners, storm petrels are an ill omen - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:15
For early mariners, storm petrels are an ill omen
But darkness and ill weather are things that storm petrels - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
But darkness and ill weather are things that storm petrels
Using a remarkable sense of smell, they can navigate back to their nest - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
Using a remarkable sense of smell, they can navigate back to...
Each pair nurtures a single egg - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
Each pair nurtures a single egg
Incubation duty can last for many days, and changeovers can only - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:11
Incubation duty can last for many days, and changeovers can ...
By any stretch of imagination, it's a life of hardship for such - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
By any stretch of imagination, it's a life of hardship ...
Shetland soon became a vital staging post in the Vikings - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
Shetland soon became a vital staging post in the Vikings
The archipelago of over 100 islands offered many sheltered anchorages - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:11
The archipelago of over 100 islands offered many sheltered a...
Seas which are also perfect for a mammal that seems - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:13
Seas which are also perfect for a mammal that seems
Because the islands are well beyond the swimming range of animals - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:22
Because the islands are well beyond the swimming range of an...
With its endlessly cryptic coastline, Shetland is a wonderful - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
With its endlessly cryptic coastline, Shetland is a wonderfu...
Feeding them up on a rich diet of shallow water fish, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
Feeding them up on a rich diet of shallow water fish,