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Wild Ways of the Vikings

Hunting reindeeris a communal activity, using knowledge of animalbehaviour to nudge them...

Hunting reindeer
is a communal activity, using knowledge of animal
behaviour to nudge them towards the perfect shot

Full Transcript

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Hunting reindeer is a communal activity,
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using knowledge of animal behaviour to nudge them
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towards the perfect shot
Duration
8 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:52
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.
There will be another chance tomorrow, with more hunters. - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
There will be another chance tomorrow, with more hunters.
The herd is heading west now, west to the calving grounds - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
The herd is heading west now, west to the calving grounds
In the year 800 AD, the Viking peoples are also pushing West - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:09
In the year 800 AD, the Viking peoples are also pushing West
With a wooden hull latched together with flexible whalebone strips, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:10
With a wooden hull latched together with flexible whalebone ...
Driven by the desire for conquest and trade, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:15
Driven by the desire for conquest and trade,
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