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  2. Leif Erikson - Wikipedia

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    Leif was the son of Erik the Red and his wife Thjodhild (Old Norse: Þjóðhildur), and, through his paternal line, the grandson of Thorvald Ásvaldsson.When Erik the Red was young, his father was banished from Norway for manslaughter, and the family went into exile in Iceland (which, during the century preceding Leif's birth, had been colonized by Norsemen, mainly from Norway).

  3. Erik the Red - Wikipedia

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    Erik Thorvaldsson[a] (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. Erik most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard. [1][2] According to Icelandic sagas, Erik was born in the ...

  4. Tim Severin - Wikipedia

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    Timothy Severin (25 September 1940 – 18 December 2020 [2][3]) was a British explorer, historian, and writer. Severin was noted for his work in retracing the legendary journeys of historical figures. Severin was awarded both the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and the Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical ...

  5. Roald Amundsen - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: / ˈɑːmʊndsən /, US: /- məns -/; [ 3 ][ 4 ]Norwegian: [ˈrùːɑɫ ˈɑ̂mʉnsən] ⓘ; 16 July 1872 – c.18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen ...

  6. Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia

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    Thor Heyerdahl. Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (Norwegian pronunciation: [tuːr ˈhæ̀ɪəɖɑːɫ]; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he drifted 8,000 km (5,000 ...

  7. Peter Freuchen - Wikipedia

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    Scientific career. Fields. Anthropology. Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (20 February 1886 – 2 September 1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, namely the Thule Expeditions. Peter Freuchen with guests at Enehøje on Nakskov Fjord. Peter Freuchen with his wife Dagmar Cohn.

  8. Varangians - Wikipedia

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    The Varangians (/ v ə ˈ r æ n dʒ i ə n z /) [1] [2] [3] were Viking [4] conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden. [5] [6] [7] The Varangians settled in the territories of present-day Belarus, Russia and Ukraine from the 8th and 9th centuries, and established the state of Kievan Rus' as well as the principalities of Polotsk and Turov.

  9. Knud Rasmussen - Wikipedia

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    Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen [1] (/ ˈ r æ s m ʊ s ən /; 7 June 1879 – 21 December 1933) [2] was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" [3] (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studies) and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. [4]

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