Viking Raiders

History Alive: Season 1: Episode 44

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Viking Raiders

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History | The History Channel | Air Date: November 7, 2006
Summary: Take two teams of trained oarsman and a sprinkling of international yachtsmen and send them back 1200 years into the past. They will race across the North Sea in two replica Viking Longboats from Jutland in Denmark to Lindisfarne on the north east coast of England, site of the first recorded Viking raids. Using Viking navigation techniquesTake two teams of trained oarsman and a sprinkling of international yachtsmen and send them back 1200 years into the past. They will race across the North Sea in two replica Viking Longboats from Jutland in Denmark to Lindisfarne on the north east coast of England, site of the first recorded Viking raids. Using Viking navigation techniques find out how these denizens of the North Sea achieved their remarkable journey. How did they manage without maps and compasses? Can modern man in identical situation complete the journey. Expand
Genre(s): Reality, News/Documentary

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