Digging For The Truth: The Vikings Voyage To America

The title of this film was Digging For The Truth The Vikings Voyage to America.This film focused on the Vikings, how they lived and their journeys through sailing ships. The objective was to learn more about Eric Read and the journey of the discovery of North America. In the beginning, of the Film, the narrator is seen traveling in a Viking ship made similar like the ones in the past, his first goal is to travel to Iceland to learn more about former Viking sailor Eric Read. In this film, there were a lot of different topics that were conveyed, such as the techniques that the Vikings used to sail ships and their different forms of technologies during that era. The documentarian wanted to inform watchers on the bravery of the Vikings to travel on such dangerous waters and explores the new land for long
The textbook also discussed this. At the end of the tenth century, Vikings ventured farther west and colonized Ice land, Greenland, and a distant territory they called Vinland (Newfoundland, Canada) (Cole, Symes, Coffin, & Stacey, 2012, p.179). The Vikings explored the coast of America before Christopher Columbus did. I learned the Vikings lived a very dangerous lifestyle. They sailed and traveled on the ice seas of Iceland. The video stated that the ice could capsize ships killing hundreds of men. If one was to fall overboard then he or she would die in a matter of minutes because the water was so cold it would cause body temperatures to drop. Another thing that I learn was that the land was very good for vegetation. This would allow them to eat well and survive. They also travelled ding the summer to find fish as it was important throughout their lifestyle and diet. The animals such as sheep aided them in wool to use as clothing and to keep them warm during the winter. In my opinion, the Vikings were strong, smart and brave people. Eric Read took care of his family and protected