[Openurmind]

Thank you for sharing that. I also believe he was correct about the origin of the Scandinavians. I spent a couple months on Google Earth digging for through waterways from the Caspian and Black seas to the Baltic. They are there and go all the way through.

[SunkenCiv]

They aren’t there per se, but the Vikings (as Varangians and whatnot) used portages between rivers to get their ships to and from the Baltic / Black Sea during Byzantine times. Vaguely related, my guess is, they and/or others used the portage method to bypass Niagara Falls using rivers in Ontario.

https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-the-mysterious-origins-of-the-first-scandinavians-89703

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl#Revision_of_hypothesis

https://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/82_folder/82_articles/82_heyerdahl.html

https://cannorway.com/discover-the-land-of-our-origin/

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