What´s New In History: Did you know the Vikings were in North America for 350 years??

About this episode

The episode discusses new research on Viking presence in North America and the implications of Viking-age wood evidence.

The algorithm gods served me a video with hard evidence that the Northmen didn't just stop in for a quick visit and leave.  New research into Viking-age wood is shedding light on something much bigger: how often the Greenland Norse were really crossing into North America—and for how long. So I texted Thomas, who knows his way around Scandinavian timber, to break down what the wood evidence tells us about Viking trade, travel, and survival. And he gives us a LOT more than that! And then we get to the big question: what actually happened to the remaining Norwegians in Greenland? Did they disappear… or did some of them make their way into the New World for good? Video that started it:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mG2ciX8UlY Norwegian Brown Cheese is a real thing. You'll have to listen to understand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunost Buy me a coffee!  https://buymeacoffee.com/whatsnewinhistory This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!! www.youtube.com/@WhatsNewinHistory If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Contact information: E-mail…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Hörning, Bernie Maopolski

Guest: Thomas

Topics covered

• Vikings
• North America
• Greenland
• Scandinavian timber
• Viking trade
• Viking history

Keywords

• Vikings
• North America
• Greenland
• timber
• trade
• history
• archaeology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTube, Patreon

Books & works: Norwegian Brown Cheese, Brunost

Places: Greenland, North America

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