America's Lost Vikings
Arbuthnot embark on their biggest ever adventure – to find out how far the Vikings explored into America.
Tom Brisley
CEO & Creative Director
Ash Potterton
Executive Producer
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ruthless raiders
The Vikings are among the most feared warriors in history. They are also at the center of an incredible mystery. There is evidence that Norsemen landed on the coast of North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus. Beyond this, however, the trail goes cold. Now, archaeologists and explorers Blue Nelson and Mike Arbuthnot will embark on their biggest ever adventure – to find out how far the Vikings explored into America. To solve this mystery, Blue and Mike will use a combination of state-of-the-art science and gripping hands-on experimental archaeology.
Blue and Mike begin their mission in L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, on the northeast coast of Canada. This settlement is proof the Vikings were here around the year 1000. But the purpose of the site is still unknown – Blue and Mike aim to solve that mystery and discover where the Vikings explored next.
As they follow the trail of evidence south, they go to extreme lengths to discover how the Viking explorers survived. To put their theories to the test, they plunge themselves into freezing temperatures to test Viking clothing, row a specially-constructed Norse boat through icy waters, and learn to fight with Viking weapons. It’s a journey that pushes them to their physical limits and beyond – and ultimately takes them further across America than they ever imagined.
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