Springtime finds Norwegian explorer-author Helge Ingstad and his wife, Anne Stine Ingstad, at the northwestern tip of Newfoundland, Canada, where they are searching for evidence that Norse Vikings had lived in what was called "Vinland." At L'Anse aux Meadows ("Jellyfish Cove"), a local fishermen shows them what look to be house foundations. Subsequent excavations reveal this to be the earliest known European settlement in the New World, predating Christopher Columbus by some 500 years.
* More about Vinland: @
* Smithsonian's "Vikings" website: @
* "The Vinland Mystery" (documentary): @
* L'Anse aux Meadows Historic Site: @
* Map of Viking voyages: @
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