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Grainger's World. Season 1. Episode 36, In the wake of the Vikings.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Grainger's world
- Grainger's World
- Language:
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Northmen.
- Scandinavia--History.
- Scandinavia.
- Greenland--History.
- Greenland.
- Iceland--History.
- Iceland.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (51 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New South Wales, Australia] : Grainger Television, [2001]
- [Eugene, Oregon] : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2001]
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- In this episode, Aussie newsman Greg Grainger guides a modern-day adventure in the same waters sailed by the great Viking explorers, Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson, in Greenland and in Iceland, a thousand years ago. Highlights include sailing on the Viking battleship, the Islendingur, as it celebrates the famous voyages of Leif Eriksson when he discovered America; Greenland's largest celebrations in honor of the Viking voyages; the re-created house and church of Erik the Red; calving glaciers and spouting geysers; the very formidable Greenland ice sheet; an abundance of wild flowers, including Greenland's national flower, the broad-leafed willow herb, or Niniarsiat, which means "young maiden," and Arctic cotton; the world's largest mailbox, erected to handle all of the mail children the world over send to Santa Claus; and the pure Icelandic horse, which has two more gaits than other horses.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on April 7, 2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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