Greg Jenner

But in the other saga, she's not nearly as terrifying. No! But she's still quite hardcore.

She's amazing. She's a Raidette.

She's amazing. She's a Raidette.

We've touched on a really important point. You said, you know, the locals. So when we talk about the discovery of new lands. Obviously, they're not new lands. People have been living there for 25,000 years. Indigenous peoples in North America, in Canada, the First Nations peoples. So what did the saga say about these interactions between the Norse and the native people of Newfoundland?

We've touched on a really important point. You said, you know, the locals. So when we talk about the discovery of new lands. Obviously, they're not new lands. People have been living there for 25,000 years. Indigenous peoples in North America, in Canada, the First Nations peoples. So what did the saga say about these interactions between the Norse and the native people of Newfoundland?

Is it Newfoundland? Newfoundland.

Is it Newfoundland? Newfoundland.

So that's the story told by the sagas, these two sagas, the Vinland Collection, which is Eric the Red Saga and the Greenland Saga. Do we have any more evidence for the life of Leif?

So that's the story told by the sagas, these two sagas, the Vinland Collection, which is Eric the Red Saga and the Greenland Saga. Do we have any more evidence for the life of Leif?

Definitely dead by 1025.

Definitely dead by 1025.

A thousand years ago, a good, nice, memorable number.

A thousand years ago, a good, nice, memorable number.

So we've killed off Leif Erikson, right? We don't know how he dies, but he dies in 1025, we think it will take. Ish. Ish. Ish, yeah. Probably of, I don't know, old age or whatever. Yeah. Although, you know, maybe he was killed.

So we've killed off Leif Erikson, right? We don't know how he dies, but he dies in 1025, we think it will take. Ish. Ish. Ish, yeah. Probably of, I don't know, old age or whatever. Yeah. Although, you know, maybe he was killed.

OK, by 1025, someone else is in charge. Yeah. So he's definitely dead by then. OK. So let's agree, 1025. But we can't be that yet.

OK, by 1025, someone else is in charge. Yeah. So he's definitely dead by then. OK. So let's agree, 1025. But we can't be that yet.

No, OK. Let's talk about the afterlife of Leif. The afterlife. The afterlife. Thank you. What happens to his story? You know, he's dead, but what happens to his story in the modern day?

No, OK. Let's talk about the afterlife of Leif. The afterlife. The afterlife. Thank you. What happens to his story? You know, he's dead, but what happens to his story in the modern day?

So, Eleanor, you are an environmental historian. You work with archaeologists? Yes. Collaboratively? Yes. Okay. What kind of science have we got that actually goes, you know what the Vikings did get from North America?