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Eider down offers superb insulation, because the densely barbed feathers
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Wild Ways of the Vikings

Eider down offers superb insulation,because the densely barbed feathers hold tiny pockets...

Eider down offers superb insulation,
because the densely barbed feathers hold tiny pockets of air This also makes it very buoyant,
which can create problems for a newly hatched duckling

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Eider down offers superb insulation, because the densely barbed feathers
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hold tiny pockets of air
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This also makes it very buoyant, which can create problems
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for a newly hatched duckling
Duration
15 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:45
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 950, the island of Iceland was booming - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:17
By the year 950, the island of Iceland was booming
Natural products were fashioned into valuable commodities here - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:12
Natural products were fashioned into valuable commodities he...
A hugely valuable resource - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
A hugely valuable resource
Tiny animal immigrants were also arriving, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
Tiny animal immigrants were also arriving,
Analysis of Icelandic house mouse DNA has revealed - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:09
Analysis of Icelandic house mouse DNA has revealed
It seems that these enterprising little creatures carry the genetic - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
It seems that these enterprising little creatures carry the ...
Norse mythology was celebrated here - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
Norse mythology was celebrated here
The oral traditions of saga and history became so intertwined - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
The oral traditions of saga and history became so intertwine...
Much of what we know of the pagan Viking past, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:10
Much of what we know of the pagan Viking past,
Wiley and highly intelligent, this the world's largest crow, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:23
Wiley and highly intelligent, this the world's largest ...
In the Icelandic villages and townships, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
In the Icelandic villages and townships,
Odin, the All-Father god was attended by two ravens, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
Odin, the All-Father god was attended by two ravens,
Spies for the god, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:17
Spies for the god,
In the year 985, a rogue adventurer called Erik The Red - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:10
In the year 985, a rogue adventurer called Erik The Red
The colony Erik established here flourished from harvests - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:13
The colony Erik established here flourished from harvests
In 10th-century Greenland, huge colonies of walrus - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:07
In 10th-century Greenland, huge colonies of walrus
In late summer, after the breeding season, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
In late summer, after the breeding season,
With a big male weighing in at more than 2000 lb, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
With a big male weighing in at more than 2000 lb,
The Vikings harvest these giants during seasonal expeditions, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:13
The Vikings harvest these giants during seasonal expeditions...
Genetic analysis shows - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:09
Genetic analysis shows