Aiden
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Understood.
Understood.
Right. The Northern Atlantic is some of the most treacherous water on Earth. It's not uncommon, even without a storm, to have waves that are 50 feet tall.
Right. The Northern Atlantic is some of the most treacherous water on Earth. It's not uncommon, even without a storm, to have waves that are 50 feet tall.
Makes sense.
Makes sense.
Right. I'm more thinking in terms of the experience of the passengers. Because to generate a settlement, you're going to have to generally bring, at the very least, women, if not children.
Right. I'm more thinking in terms of the experience of the passengers. Because to generate a settlement, you're going to have to generally bring, at the very least, women, if not children.
Right.
Right.
But you're not fitting a lot of people on there, and you're definitely only bringing the strongest.
But you're not fitting a lot of people on there, and you're definitely only bringing the strongest.
Right, but two weeks, even if we're low-balling week and a half... We're talking like a day and a half from Greenland to Baffin Island. Right.
Right, but two weeks, even if we're low-balling week and a half... We're talking like a day and a half from Greenland to Baffin Island. Right.
I'm talking more from Norway to Iceland. Oh, they did that all the time. I know. What I'm saying, though, is that bringing 30 to 40 people in a ship that is not very well protected from the elements... Over multiple week stretches across the North Atlantic where you can have really treacherous conditions, especially a lot of fog. In the winter, you're worried about being cold.
I'm talking more from Norway to Iceland. Oh, they did that all the time. I know. What I'm saying, though, is that bringing 30 to 40 people in a ship that is not very well protected from the elements... Over multiple week stretches across the North Atlantic where you can have really treacherous conditions, especially a lot of fog. In the winter, you're worried about being cold.
In the summer, it can be really hard to navigate because there's almost always fog in the summer. When you have to do that crossing several times or at least have several boats because your boats don't have a huge carrying capacity and you're limited heavily by the weather around you.
In the summer, it can be really hard to navigate because there's almost always fog in the summer. When you have to do that crossing several times or at least have several boats because your boats don't have a huge carrying capacity and you're limited heavily by the weather around you.
It makes sense that they might not want to deal with having to go through all of that to get there and start up in a colony.
It makes sense that they might not want to deal with having to go through all of that to get there and start up in a colony.