Posted on 12/17/2014 7:39:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv
In before the “I call BS” idiocy gets started.
Has Political Correctness Sunk the Baffin Island Viking Research Project?
http://newobserveronline.com/has-political-correctness-sunk-the-baffin-island-viking-research-project/
Scientists Find Evidence of Viking Presence in Arctic Canada
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/science-viking-presence-arctic-canada-02349.html
The Medieval Norse on Baffin Island
http://www.counter-currents.com/2013/02/the-medieval-norse-on-baffin-island/
barely relevant sidebar:
Oldest Danish town possibly older
http://cphpost.dk/news/oldest-danish-town-possibly-older.12031.html
Let that guy that spoke for the A-rabs, saying that they were first to come to this continent, hear this!
Bjarni was trying to sail from Iceland to Greenland (which he had never been to before) when he was blown off course--he realized the lands he saw were not Greenland and he was in a hurry to get to Greenland which is why he did not stop to explore. His report came as news to the Norse already settled in Greenland so it is highly unlikely that any Norse settlements found in North America predate Leif's voyage.
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SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS!!!!!
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“The Dorsets were the Hobbits of the eastern Arctic”. Lol
Awesome!
Read down the comments though to lose more faith in humanity. A bunch of whining about ‘racism’.
We Are Your Overlords!
All hail! For Mighty TALOS...er I mean TADSlOS has spoken! ;)
Canada Ping!
OK...... I’ll provide a theory. A rational thought.
The Viking/Norse used some tool that being bronze, wore out, broke or became otherwise unusable. However, being bronze it could be easily melted and recast and become new again.
So, the brought along their crucible and perhaps a mold. It could also have been easily sand cast n
This an intriguing site.
...that guy that spoke for the A-rabs, saying that they were first to come to this continent....
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Obama?
dear bigg red,
No, I b elieve it was the guy in charge of the country of turkey that said that.
bttt
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