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Wild Ways of the Vikings

Spies for the god, they would fly the world to bringhim news of the ways of men There are...

Spies for the god, they would fly the world to bring
him news of the ways of men There are even accounts in
the sagas of captive ravens being used for navigation, guiding ships to land after
being released at sea

Full Transcript

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Spies for the god,
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they would fly the world to bring him news of the ways of men
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There are even accounts in the sagas of captive ravens
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being used for navigation,
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guiding ships to land after being released at sea
Duration
17 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:21
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.
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
.. using tasks from the western Greenland walrus colonies - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:04
.. using tasks from the western Greenland walrus colonies
Precious items like carved chesspieces - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:14
Precious items like carved chesspieces
This was no throwaway culture - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:10
This was no throwaway culture
But ivory wasn't the most valuable resource found in Greenland - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:04
But ivory wasn't the most valuable resource found in Gr...
Prized above all other birds, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:10
Prized above all other birds,
Gyrfalcons are the largest and heaviest member - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
Gyrfalcons are the largest and heaviest member
Hunting the subarctic tundra - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
Hunting the subarctic tundra
Historical and archaeological evidence has revealed - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:18
Historical and archaeological evidence has revealed
Trained to fly to allure, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:10
Trained to fly to allure,
Owning a white gyrfalcon is the ultimate statement - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:05
Owning a white gyrfalcon is the ultimate statement
By the year 1000, the Vikings had reached the very extremes - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:06
By the year 1000, the Vikings had reached the very extremes
Icelandic sagas recount that in this year, - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:12
Icelandic sagas recount that in this year,
In an age before magnetic navigation, Vikings lost at sea - Wild Ways of the Vikings 00:08
In an age before magnetic navigation, Vikings lost at sea