We Finally Know Why the Vikings Failed in America

The show is on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 The Vikings reached North America nearly 500 years before Columbus. So why didn’t they stay? From the Vinland sagas to the settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, we explore the conflict, isolation and difficult choices behind their retreat... Join my Substack, where the ideas go further than YouTube lets me take them: https://michaelbutton.substack.com/ Follow the show on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!! Follow me on X: https://x.com/MichaelButtonX Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelbuttonx/ Sources: https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/who-was-thorfinn-karlsefni-and-what-is-he-famous-for/ https://www.icelandicroots.com/post/the-vinland-sagas https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/culture/saga https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03972-8 https://parks.canada.ca/culture/balados-podcasts https://www.worldhistory.org/Vinland/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/timber-imports-to-norse-greenland-lifeline-or-luxury/DDE8F93A03FF674195796FAED57A020E? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/vikings-saga-first-nations-canada-north-america