Jan 16, 2022
EXPLICIT TAG - this episode contains a lot of swearing and complaining.
Blake and Jeb go in search of a lost Norse settlement in Canada, but discover that the real treasure isn't Vikings, and it definitely isn't the racist bullshit you meet along the way.
Links:
Thomas E. Lee - professor whose weird (racist) theories are at the heart of this episode
"Hammer of Thor" - monument/dry-stack/possible Inuksuk at end of episode
Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson - Icelandic Heathenry Revitalist
The statue supposed to be of Erik the Red was actually of Thorfinn Karlsefni
Mjolner (aka Thor's Hammer)
Greenland (as a Norse
Settlement)
The Gyrfalcon
Thule (aka Ultima Thule)
The Norse sorcerer
Kolgrim
Journal article about “Viking” presence in
Nunavik
Nimoy Fashion Alert:
Not in the episode - but stuff we talked about:
L'Anse aux Meadows - real Norse archeological site in Canada
The Mismeasure of Man (by Gould)
2021 Calls to boycott Canada Day after graves found
Triumph of the Moon (Ronald Hutton)
Famous statue of Leif Erikson