Great Circle:

When the Vikings sailed to the Americas and met the inhabitants in 1000 A.D. the human race came full circle... in Newfoundland.

This award-winning historical documentary can be enjoyed by listeners at home or on the road.

Produced in digital stereo with original field-sound and interviews recorded in Europe and North America.

TAKE A VIKING IN THE CAR!

GREAT CIRCLE is also an ideal audio companion for travellers driving the Viking Trail (Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula highway)

Hosted by award-winning* producer Chris Brookes.
*"...ear-opening audio dynamite!" (Peabody awards)

Ancient Norse sagas and modern scientific evidence bring to life the Viking Discovery of the Americas.

• Sail with the Vikings to Newfoundland as they discover the Americas.

• Walk through time with world-renowned experts who paint a picture of what happened, who did what, and why.

• Be a fly on the wall when Europeans and North Americans come face-to-face for the first time in 1000 AD.

• Hear ancient sagas bring to life the sights and sounds of what happened.

Music, sound, drama
and the voices of:

Archaeologists
Helge Ingstad
Birgitta Wallace
Priscilla Renouf
William Fitzhugh
Carin Orling
Sigrid Kaland

Innu leader
Peter Penashue

Saga scholar
Gudrun Nordal

Viking Saga readings
Mike Jones
Trevor Davies

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