Re: The Vinland Map Find Or Fraud?

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:50:43 -0000, "Vaughan Sanders"
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>Just a thought Inger, why do you think the Norse would haul their ships
>across Shetland, rather than risk going north directly towards Faroe?.
>I would think that they didn't want to risk being driven into the Artic
>Ocean.

Which way were they travelling? East to West or vice versa? I don't
know those waters but my guess is that under many conditions getting
round from east to west would be very difficult and possibly
dangerous.



Eric Stevens