Dr. Eleanor Barraclough

What, like raft with a pig? Well, for a start, they're propelled by sails as well as by oars. And that is very important because when you're in the middle of the North Atlantic, you might need the odd sail. And rather than your raft, you've got to try sort of clinker-built style. So you've got boards, you've got planks. And then you're overlapping them.

What, like raft with a pig? Well, for a start, they're propelled by sails as well as by oars. And that is very important because when you're in the middle of the North Atlantic, you might need the odd sail. And rather than your raft, you've got to try sort of clinker-built style. So you've got boards, you've got planks. And then you're overlapping them.

So they make these very supple, beautiful boats with very shallow bottoms, which means if you want to go raiding, you can sail them into very shallow bays. And then if you want to go across the North Atlantic, you're going to need something a bit bigger. And those are boats that then you can fit your family and your followers, your livestock together.

So they make these very supple, beautiful boats with very shallow bottoms, which means if you want to go raiding, you can sail them into very shallow bays. And then if you want to go across the North Atlantic, you're going to need something a bit bigger. And those are boats that then you can fit your family and your followers, your livestock together.

You can try pigs, but I'd go for goats and sheep. So these are two different types of... Yeah, there's multiple different types of boats, but it's still pretty cold.

You can try pigs, but I'd go for goats and sheep. So these are two different types of... Yeah, there's multiple different types of boats, but it's still pretty cold.

Yeah, you're there with you and the furs are probably wet. I mean, there's also, you know, a lot of sun, too much sun and not enough wind, also not great. You can end up just stuck there in the middle.

Yeah, you're there with you and the furs are probably wet. I mean, there's also, you know, a lot of sun, too much sun and not enough wind, also not great. You can end up just stuck there in the middle.

Yeah, he's got siblings, half siblings, something. Yeah, we're not quite sure. But yeah, exactly. And they, even after Leif comes back to Greenland, then according to the sagas, seem to be making voyages out again to Vinland, as they call it. So there's one led by Leif's brother Thorvald, doesn't end well for him. Another by... Yeah, it's a lovely name, isn't it? Yeah, so Thorvaldr.

Yeah, he's got siblings, half siblings, something. Yeah, we're not quite sure. But yeah, exactly. And they, even after Leif comes back to Greenland, then according to the sagas, seem to be making voyages out again to Vinland, as they call it. So there's one led by Leif's brother Thorvald, doesn't end well for him. Another by... Yeah, it's a lovely name, isn't it? Yeah, so Thorvaldr.

And then he's got another one, Thorstein. Spain, I'm not into. No, but it's like Thorstone. Thorstone, yeah.

And then he's got another one, Thorstein. Spain, I'm not into. No, but it's like Thorstone. Thorstone, yeah.

Okay, we'll stick, yeah. And then there's ones led by what was his sister-in-law, Gudrida, with her new husband, Karlsefni. And then there's another one, either led by, or at least she is there, depending on the version, by his sister, half-sister, Freydis.

Okay, we'll stick, yeah. And then there's ones led by what was his sister-in-law, Gudrida, with her new husband, Karlsefni. And then there's another one, either led by, or at least she is there, depending on the version, by his sister, half-sister, Freydis.

Okay, but here we're talking very specifically about the saga of the Greenlanders because this is one of these really interesting things where we've got oral traditions that end up in these sagas, but her character, it depends on which saga we're looking at. Saga of Greenlanders, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely terrifying.

Okay, but here we're talking very specifically about the saga of the Greenlanders because this is one of these really interesting things where we've got oral traditions that end up in these sagas, but her character, it depends on which saga we're looking at. Saga of Greenlanders, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely terrifying.

She makes a deal with two Norwegian brothers to sail to Vinland, and they're there to gather timber and resources. But she ends up getting her followers, and specifically her husband, to kill all the men on the other boats. And no one will kill... What about them? She gets into an argument with them, and she wants the bigger of Leif's booth here, and she wants all the resources.

She makes a deal with two Norwegian brothers to sail to Vinland, and they're there to gather timber and resources. But she ends up getting her followers, and specifically her husband, to kill all the men on the other boats. And no one will kill... What about them? She gets into an argument with them, and she wants the bigger of Leif's booth here, and she wants all the resources.

She's just not nice. She knows what she likes. She does. The problem is... She loves herself. And it gets, yeah, she also, so no one, there were women in the other party as well, on the other ship, and no one will kill them. And so she actually, she says, hand me an axe, or literally put an axe in my hand. She finishes them off. And it just says in the saga, and so it was done. It's horrible.

She's just not nice. She knows what she likes. She does. The problem is... She loves herself. And it gets, yeah, she also, so no one, there were women in the other party as well, on the other ship, and no one will kill them. And so she actually, she says, hand me an axe, or literally put an axe in my hand. She finishes them off. And it just says in the saga, and so it was done. It's horrible.