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Phillipa Stricklan
"My four-country exploration of the Vikings has brought me, of all places, back to my childhood home. I stand on the opposite side of the same ocean the Vikings looked over 1,000 years ago, and I try to imagine them. Would I be able to leave the safety of my home and sail into the frigid unknown? My journey has revealed to me that the Vikings weren't the one-dimensional raiders and pirates of popular culture. They were organised builders, they were artists, master engineers, sailors, and, yes, fierce warriors. As to the true location of Vinland, we'll see what evidence emerges but I believe it's probably somewhere in Canada. But the fact that New Englanders have so fiercely embraced the Vikings only underscores the power they still hold over our culture. They were a force of nature, and their adventures are still being discovered. I can't wait to see where they take us next."