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By norway995
July 8th 2008

Following the Viking Trail, Day 6 continued

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Iceberg
This iceberg was far away and almost invisible, but with a bit of computer magic it's here for all to see.

June 27 continued, Icebergs and Dr. Grenfell Visiting L'Anse aux Meadows fulfilled a long time dream for me, but the day wasn't over. Just minutes down the road, we saw icebergs! Mark, our guide, noted that it may take them three years to travel here from Greenland. Now if the puffins would just show up, my check list would be complete. Actually, we were about a week too early as the puffins aren't coming in to nest yet. Once we reached St. Anthony we visited the Grenfell Museum and learned about the work of medical missionary Dr. Wilfred Grenfell. Born [View Full Entry]

By Bothan Taistil
July 8th 2006

Viking Land and the Wild “Newfie” Wind

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The Viking sod houses.

The winds of Newfoundland are strong. The only other option would be, no wind and biting black flies. I’ll take the wind, thank you. L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site was once a full fledged Norse Village for Vikings serving as a sailing base for explorations throughout the area, about 1000 AD. Hedge-Ingestad, a Norwegian scholar-explorer and Anne Stine Ingstad, an archeologist, came to this area in the 1960’s. Digs uncovered eight complexes of rudimentary houses, workshops with fireplaces and a trove of artifacts all of which verified the Norse presence. [View Full Entry]

Viking captain and his wife going about their day, making shoes and playing an musical instrument

A view of the Epanes Bay, a crystal clear day, but windy!

The sod houses were super insulated. I can’t imagine how cold this area is in winter

By Bothan Taistil
July 7th 2006

“If you don’t like the weather stick around, it will change.”

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Iceberg Alley. This iceberg was seen from St. Anthony.

After a walk on the windy beach we continued driving north on the Viking Trail (the only road) to St. Anthony. St. Anthony was named by Jacques Cartier in 1534. We are now on the Atlantic side of Newfoundland and this area is referred to as “Iceberg Alley”. We spotted two Icebergs, one in St. Anthony and one in Goose Cove. Goose Cove is a tiny isolated natural harbor town and is quite picturesque. I bet winters are nasty We kept seeing stacks of wood on the side of the road. It seems the folks cuts wood for wood burning [View Full Entry]

The beach where we stayed, at Port aux Choix the Lion’s Club

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