🎧 Lost Vikings of Greenland
🎧 Gone Medieval
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33m
Is there a lost colony of Vikings somewhere in Greenland, shut off from the rest of the world? For hundreds of years, that question has taxed many minds for a variety of reasons that often reflect changes in outlook.
In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to Dr. Robert Rix who, in his new book The Vanished Settlers of Greenland, goes in search of a legend and its legacy .
This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Rob Weinberg.
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