Erik the Red, Viking explorer, discovered and then settled Greenland a thousand years ago - or so the sagas say. In my travels I followed the route he took: a journey from Norway (where he was born) via Iceland (where he spent much of his adult life) to Greenland.

What was this journey like at the turn of the last millenium? What could I discover - or imagine - of Erik's world, amidst the rumblings of modern technology and the density of modern populations? I travelled not just to find remote landscapes:  I visited archaeological sites and museums, and talked to archaeologists and reconstructionists. I chatted to locals and tried their food, questioned farmers about what would grow and listened to tales of polar bears on icebergs. And finally I asked: what did Erik believe about the world around him? 

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