Sir, I am handicapped and home bound. Don't feel badly for me. My entry here is to say how much I enjoy your efforts. You help me through every day. I too, enjoy history and your wide range gives me much to explore. Thank you.
I’m a retired Elementary School teacher and I’m so glad my family stumbled onto your wonderful utubes which I always look forward to watching with my family during this pandemic. Thanks for telling us about Magellan. I remember some wonderful Magellan school science programs I used in the 70s. I’m wondering if it’s the same company. Your cat looks like mine on the icon. Thanks for enriching our home time since we don’t like regular TV programming.
My father had a cat that he adopted when it showed up at his house. I later identified it as a Norwegian Forest Cat which he thought was great as my mother's side of the family all came from Norway. He fed the cat in a work room off the house. Once, a squirrel got in the habit of going in and stealing the cat's food. In true Viking revenge, the cat ate the squirrel.
@@teddyrex885 , keeping pet food or birdseed where rodents can get to it is a recipe for car trouble ---- here in rural New England the mice will store pilfered pet food or birdseed in the intake filter housing of your car. Back when i had cats, they were pretty good mousers but they could never completely keep up with all the mice. My current pack of dogs, a 25 pound Cairn Terrier and 120 pound Anatolian Shepherd would never accept a cat in the house, but they're a pretty good rodent removal team. The Anatolian will catch and eat chipmunks and squirrels; I kind of feel bad for the chipmunks but definitely not for the squirrels.
They’ve discovered a number of viking homesteads that have been exposed as the glaciers have retreated in the modern era. Greenland was a lot more green at some time in the past.
@@wolfvale7863 Greenland was green during the Medieval Warm Period. That ended in the 1400s. The change made agriculture stop, animals starved as well as people. Ice made voyages to Greenland hazardous and the ships stopped coming from Norway. There's a really good documentary about what archeology has found and pieced together the puzzle of the end. Title is Secrets of the Dead: Greenland Vikings or very close to that.
I enjoyed the tale as I am named for Eric the Red, I love the channel and am glad my son introduced me to it a few years ago. I look forward to videos as I am intrigued about history and don't like reading, probably from an undiagnosed disability. I absorb more from videos and The History Guy seems to be a likable, entertaining guy. You're passion enriches me. Thank You.
In the chaotic times im glad u post videos it gives me something else to focus on besides my country andvthe world falling apart. You pieces allow me to diffuse in a way and see that despite all whats going on history says we will prevail. Humanity will go on
Many Icelanders can still read the original Norse sagas. I have seen the Viking ship on the Gottlieb Museum in Stavanger, Norway. Very impressive piece of work.
NAVRET....Yes, those Viking 'longboats' are an amazing piece of engineering. They have a very shallow draft for being as large as they are and this is why they could travel the rivers and streams far inland in Britain and also far into Europe. The Vikings, as mentioned in this video, soon realized that developing a trading economy with people from the other countries was a lot more profitable and safer than invasions.
I lived in Ontario then moved to newfound lived on the northern side of it. There is a few species of berries out there that could be considered a vine. Partridge berries grow low to the ground in a tangled web of little vines. They are everywhere, from dark purple to red. I think these are the "grapes" after they catch a frost they go from hard and tart to incredibly sweet juicy and soft. Great to ferment.
@ R U 1 2 theres a settlement on top of kellys mountain in cape breton nova scotia. One fellow claims its chinese from jung hur and another claims its norse. I can see it being norse u should check that documentary out. And the native ppls of the north. Shows how innuit pushed out another group eastward same time as the vikings showed up.
@@R.U.1.2. Sorry to say but when it comes to Norse settlements there are not "Several other settlements have been unearthed further up the N.E. coast of N. America in the Labrador region."
For years I have seen an island in the Northern part of Lake Michigan that is about 20 miles away and only on calm days. I always wondered how I could see so far. Well, the “Hillingar Effect” sure explained that. Thanks History Guy..!!
We are from Iceland & if I posted a photo of my young son D. The Red with his long beautiful red hair & beard ,you would think he was a direct clone of 'ol Erik. But there are many who look like him from our country. I had thought to name him Erik at birth but didn't want him to be teased at school by being called Erik the red. So we choose a name we thought would save him a nick name. One day in middle school he came home frustrated & explained he didn't like when all the kids teased him calling him Big Red....oh my We told him that was a pretty good nick name compared what others have been called & explained that kids call names to bug you & if you own it , they have nothing to tease with. So no matter how careful you choose you child's name, those kids will find a way to spin it. Big Red had grown into his nick name now at 6.4. & does great in life ,all is well.
Blaze Fairchild - I don't wish to burst your bubble or refute the appearance of your son, but like many historical figures from ancient times, no one knows what they looked like. The images we see today of these famous people, such as Jesus, Columbus, etc. is only the image the painter or sculpture wished that person to like. Your son may look like the image of what you perceive Eric to look like, but it is only conjecture on your part. If it weren't for their brown hair, my three sons may look like Eric, but I doubt it since they are only 25 % Norwegian, 25% Scot and 50% Italian.
Blaze Fairchild You did well in teaching your child. Certainly teasing can be mean in children but, I have often wondered if it is also a survival tactic. If a person blows into a rage or cowers and hides when called a mean nickname are they somebody you can trust in a few years to stand beside you when facing a charging rhino or saber toothed tiger?
@@corin164 Ofcourse I am not going by any drawing ! Lol , I meant big ,tall, strong , smart , long red hair & beard both parents Icelandic ,small gene pool . That's the written description I was going by. The kids at school went by the drawings in their school books possiblely . Basically anyone with red hair is teased more so ,if you come from a country where a famous person in your countrys history was a long haired big tall red head !
It´s "ting". "Ting" has two meanings. It does mean "thing" in one of the meanings but it´s also the old word for "assembly". Our parliament (Denmark) is called "Folketing" (assembly of people)
@@badgerpa9 It's just a dumb joke, because, for some reason, it's funny for people from 1000 years ago, who are typically thought of as serious and intimidating, to use contemporary idiomatic phrases that convey a sense of casual laziness. For that matter, you know the chicken didn't actually cross the road to get to the other side. ...Or actually, I'm sure at least one chicken, somewhere in the history of poultry farming, did cross a road, but my point is, sometimes jokes are just goofy and stupid.
@@djdange01 THG family has three cats: Pookie, Demi, and Lucky Star. I don't know which one cat-eod in this video. [THG says in a reply that it is Pookie.]
@@john2244 Many European languages are interrelated, so it should not be too surprising that words in different languages might have similar if not identical meanings. In addition humans can only make a limited number of sounds, so you can get words that sound alike even in very different unrelated languages. In Japanese there is a phrase that means, sort of, "happy eating" used before eating. It sounds like "Eat the ducky moss" but it has nothing to do with any sort of fowl moss. And I know Afrikaans is not technically European, but it is based on European languages. It's ancestry is European.
Last year, you did an episode on the A12, the predecessor of the SR-71 Blackbird. You may be interested that there was only one simulator built to train pilots and RSOs (Reconnaissance Systems Operators). This simulator was built by the Link Division of the Singer Sewing Company. It was housed in the S.A.G.E. building at Beale AFB, California. It is now located at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Texas. I worked on the simulator as a technician from 1980-1983. I met many of the crew that flew the aircraft and can recognize their names when they are mentioned in a video or news article. I don't know of any interviews with people who worked on the simulator.
Excellent!!!!! I had no idea all this time, until my son just recently told me, of your locale. I am up on the Troy-Scott Road just past the blinking (ONLY) light!!! Hi neighbor!!! EXCELLENT CHANNEL!!!!!
Your channel is so awesome! One of the things I'm most proud of is my Viking roots and it's history. And I'm a proud member of the Icelandic organization here in the states!
@@spikespa5208 THG family includes three cats: Pookie, Demi, and Lucky Star. THG says in an earlier reply that it is Pookie. Happy new year to you and yours.
The History Guy has plenty of material to draw from when it comes to Greenland - that's for sure. The "Lost Squadron" comes to mind. Plus several other exploration mishaps and mysterious finds in this very sparsely traversed island.
@@lizj5740 , Doing the cold war the US had some kind of long range radar system in Greenland that could supposedly see over and past the horizon to give us advance notice if Russia sent bombers to strike against the US.
@@goodun2974 Ah, yes. Part of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line (according to Wikipedia). Okay. That makes sense. That led me to "DEWLine Sites in Canada, Alaska & Greenland. A tribute site to those who served on the coldest part of the Cold War, the Distant Early Warning Radar Line." located at lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/. Perhaps it will mention my cousin. Thank you.
I don't know if my family is related to Erik or not, but I'm definitely part Viking (my mom was from Norway): apparently just yesterday, my temper - while usually very even - caused me to be blocked on Facebook for A WEEK! They didn't even tell me what I did!
Most of the vikings mentioned in the sagas were Icelanders. Mostly because the sagas were almost all written in Iceland by Icelanders and so few Norwegians are actually related to those people as pretty much all of their children and future decentants continued living in Iceland. As for Eric's family branch it splintered in two one half disappearing to history as the Greenlandic settlement was abandoned I the 15th century. However Some of his children and grandchildren would return to Iceland and live out their days so there are still people who can claim to be of his heritage in Iceland.
Brit, Viking meaning.. is NOT about being of a say.. “certain tribe”, in any Scandinavian ..’tribe’! Albeit ALL Scandinavians being “german sprouts”, fanned out, as the actual object fan does (!), the word viking is a phrase meaning “We Kings”, old word from ‘Os Konger’. As there were many of them, in their time of establishing themselves as LEADERS!
THC makes an appearance in the opening segment, yay! Great to hear more about the history of the culture I was raised in. It explains where this constant need to "take a road trip and explore" comes from!
I LOVE your videos so much! You're so knowledgeable and interesting to listen to! Ive always been fascinated with history myself and I love how you cover interesting stories from different eras! Very unique and well researched videos! Thank you for your hard work also love your fashion style!
@Whitney Dahlin, This is a small UA-cam world. We briefly commented to each other on the Kiun B channel about a week ago. Hope things are well for you.
I think the Russians went all the way down past Alaska panhandle to California and had a fort in Hawaii at one time, would be good topic for the channel, how Russia ended up not staying in Pacific northwest or Hawaii
Lance, Thank you for this video! It amazing how many people dont know that there is - and why there is - a statue of Leif Erikson in Boston MA. Vikings on the Charles - 500 years before the Pilgrims. God bless Paul (in MA)
I am always dumbfounded by downvotes of ANY of your videos.Some are not my cup of tea but they are all great and well made. If one does not like the subject, don't watch. No need to downvote it.Thanks for another entertaining and enlightening video.
If I recall correctly as of late 2019 Vinland is mostly considered to have likely been New Brunswick, after some butternut tree stumps)or trees found only in New Brunswick and not Newfoundland) were discovered at L’aux meadows that had been cut using Norse tools. Suggesting Vikings harvesting them and transporting them to use in building. New Brunswick also has grapes.
Jaimee, some archeologists believe that Basque fishermen may have reached "the New Land" before the Vikings, catching cod and drying it on shore. See the book " Cod" by Mark Kurlanski ( also his "Salt").
I found this to be more interesting than I had thought, as usual. Thank you. I believe "the meeker massacre" of western colorado would be a fascinating topic to cover.
Hi history guy, thanks so much for all your videos. I have learned so much from you. Im currently reading about Dorothy Mae Kilgallen. Did you know she entered a race around the world ?i know she isnt your normal contact but, I was wondering if you may possibly do a segment on her or would be able to refer me to an affiliate that may either way I love your show your and ty so much
Great story Mr. HG, The grand, nostalgic and sometimes envious way that Romans and the Norse warriors as well as explorers are portrayed of late is the season that pirates and poor 19th century southern boys should not be so maligned. And of all the other "baddies" in history, poor southern boys mostly just wanted their own farm, not somebody else's. I always thought Vikings could've made it to the Chesapeake, but the locals ran em off, and the only evidence is somewhere in deep water.
thank you History Guy, for making and posting. Pls remember this, though: if you live in Iceland, you would automatically know there is land to the west, and pretty nearby. How? icebergs. Norsemen knew that icebergs can only come form ice on land (it calves ice bergs). No sea ice makes icebergs. Further, icebergs melt soon. Therefore, the land that make them must be close by. (ob, btw, if you visit Chichenitza in Yucatan, Mexico, the stone carvings show some very tall bearded men with long noses standing among the local--short, stubby Mayas! Those carvings are there for you to ponder on and find if the Vikings are the ones who made it even down there?_
Eric the Red once had an argument with his wife regarding an incoming storm. When events eventually bore out his position, he told his wife, *"Eric the Red knows rain, dear."*
In Lands aux Meadows, the government after the archeological discovery of Erik's settlement rebuilt it as an open air/living museum. My best friends uncle, a carpenter, helped build it back in the 70s and into the 80s.
The Rus were a tribe that lived on the river Dnieper by what is now Kiev. The Rus themselves were originally early vikings who settled the area. The vikings that later ventured down the river were traders who helped the Rus dominate the area. I think its interesting to mention that the Rus told the vikings where to go to trade with Constantinople. The vikings has quite a trade network.
@@lowrider81hd nope. Their first settlement was Holmgard or modern Vielky Novgorod in Russia. In fact their first polity, the Rus Khaganate was in Russia. it was another two generations before they took Chernigev and Kiev.
History Cat needs his/hers own UA-cam channel discussing bgg the history of cats and for some reason keeps talking about Egypt and how they were worshipped as gods
A lot of viewers notice when you change something on the wall/shelves behind you. When you change something such as the framed piece under the sword, would please take a couple of minutes and tell us what it is & how you came about getting it, etc.? I'll bet that I am not the only person who would be interested. Thank you HG.
I was in "Brattahlíð", now called Qasiarsuq, this summer. It's still green and beautiful, with sheep farms and some other agriculture. I really understood why Greenland was named Greenland, and that's speaking as a Scandinavian my self.
Sir, I am handicapped and home bound. Don't feel badly for me. My entry here is to say how much I enjoy your efforts. You help me through every day. I too, enjoy history and your wide range gives me much to explore. Thank you.
I loved the cat getting into the act.
Thanks man, I'm making a comic about Erik the red for a school project and this is gonna help so much. Thanks
Would you consider doing an episode about the acadian people who were exiled from Canada by the British and moved to South Louisiana?
I’m a retired Elementary School teacher and I’m so glad my family stumbled onto your wonderful utubes which I always look forward to watching with my family during this pandemic. Thanks for telling us about Magellan. I remember some wonderful Magellan school science programs I used in the 70s. I’m wondering if it’s the same company. Your cat looks like mine on the icon. Thanks for enriching our home time since we don’t like regular TV programming.
Very nice cat! On every viking longship there was a cat, so they also came to Grenland.
My father had a cat that he adopted when it showed up at his house. I later identified it as a Norwegian Forest Cat which he thought was great as my mother's side of the family all came from Norway. He fed the cat in a work room off the house. Once, a squirrel got in the habit of going in and stealing the cat's food. In true Viking revenge, the cat ate the squirrel.
@@teddyrex885 , keeping pet food or birdseed where rodents can get to it is a recipe for car trouble ---- here in rural New England the mice will store pilfered pet food or birdseed in the intake filter housing of your car. Back when i had cats, they were pretty good mousers but they could never completely keep up with all the mice. My current pack of dogs, a 25 pound Cairn Terrier and 120 pound Anatolian Shepherd would never accept a cat in the house, but they're a pretty good rodent removal team. The Anatolian will catch and eat chipmunks and squirrels; I kind of feel bad for the chipmunks but definitely not for the squirrels.
A wonderful tale of Vikings and discovery
FINALLY! I have waited for this topic for a while. 🙏
Another good episode. I enjoyed seeing the cat. The cat should definitely appear on camera more.
Lol- that is entirely up to the cat
MORE CAT MORE CAT!
I got a chuckle out of seeing the cat too!!😜
I'd imagine the viking settlers of Greenland would end up making jokes about the name after experiencing a few winters there.
thats why they called it Greenland , to encourage others
It was marketing lol
They’ve discovered a number of viking homesteads that have been exposed as the glaciers have retreated in the modern era. Greenland was a lot more green at some time in the past.
@@wolfvale7863 Greenland was green during the Medieval Warm Period. That ended in the 1400s. The change made agriculture stop, animals starved as well as people. Ice made voyages to Greenland hazardous and the ships stopped coming from Norway. There's a really good documentary about what archeology has found and pieced together the puzzle of the end. Title is Secrets of the Dead: Greenland Vikings or very close to that.
Yeah, ha ha ha. I get cold just thinking about it.
I enjoyed the tale as I am named for Eric the Red, I love the channel and am glad my son introduced me to it a few years ago.
I look forward to videos as I am intrigued about history and don't like reading, probably from an undiagnosed disability. I absorb more from videos and The History Guy seems to be a likable, entertaining guy.
You're passion enriches me.
Thank You.
In the chaotic times im glad u post videos it gives me something else to focus on besides my country andvthe world falling apart. You pieces allow me to diffuse in a way and see that despite all whats going on history says we will prevail. Humanity will go on
Well said.
The History Guy: History deserves to Be Remembered --- History of The History Guy cat.
Meow
The only man that wears a bow tie that I like ! Thank You Sir.
Yay! Just what I needed to get my brain off the news 🥰
Yes
You really should stop watching the mind control networks.
Yeah thanks for reminding us all.
The news USED TO be not so centered on politics. That's why I prefer local news
Many Icelanders can still read the original Norse sagas.
I have seen the Viking ship on the Gottlieb Museum in Stavanger, Norway. Very impressive piece of work.
NAVRET....Yes, those Viking 'longboats' are an amazing piece of engineering. They have a very shallow draft for being as large as they are and this is why they could travel the rivers and streams far inland in Britain and also far into Europe. The Vikings, as mentioned in this video, soon realized that developing a trading economy with people from the other countries was a lot more profitable and safer than invasions.
I lived in Ontario then moved to newfound lived on the northern side of it. There is a few species of berries out there that could be considered a vine. Partridge berries grow low to the ground in a tangled web of little vines. They are everywhere, from dark purple to red. I think these are the "grapes" after they catch a frost they go from hard and tart to incredibly sweet juicy and soft. Great to ferment.
The term "vin" in Vinland most likely has nothing to do with vines and grapes. It is found in a number of Nordic place names and means "plains".
@ R U 1 2 theres a settlement on top of kellys mountain in cape breton nova scotia. One fellow claims its chinese from jung hur and another claims its norse. I can see it being norse u should check that documentary out. And the native ppls of the north. Shows how innuit pushed out another group eastward same time as the vikings showed up.
L'Anse aux Meadows
www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows
Did not know about those berries. Thanks for the input
@@R.U.1.2. Sorry to say but when it comes to Norse settlements there are not "Several other settlements have been unearthed further up the N.E. coast of N. America in the Labrador region."
For years I have seen an island in the Northern part of Lake Michigan that is about 20 miles away and only on calm days. I always wondered how I could see so far. Well, the “Hillingar Effect” sure explained that. Thanks History Guy..!!
Beautiful episode!
We are from Iceland & if I posted a photo of my young son D. The Red with his long beautiful red hair & beard ,you would think he was a direct clone of 'ol Erik. But there are many who look like him from our country. I had thought to name him Erik at birth but didn't want him to be teased at school by being called Erik the red. So we choose a name we thought would save him a nick name. One day in middle school he came home frustrated & explained he didn't like when all the kids teased him calling him Big Red....oh my We told him that was a pretty good nick name compared what others have been called & explained that kids call names to bug you & if you own it , they have nothing to tease with. So no matter how careful you choose you child's name, those kids will find a way to spin it. Big Red had grown into his nick name now at 6.4. & does great in life ,all is well.
Eirik raube
Blaze Fairchild - I don't wish to burst your bubble or refute the appearance of your son, but like many historical figures from ancient times, no one knows what they looked like. The images we see today of these famous people, such as Jesus, Columbus, etc. is only the image the painter or sculpture wished that person to like. Your son may look like the image of what you perceive Eric to look like, but it is only conjecture on your part. If it weren't for their brown hair, my three sons may look like Eric, but I doubt it since they are only 25 % Norwegian, 25% Scot and 50% Italian.
@@corin164 yeah, the Italian blows it.
Blaze Fairchild You did well in teaching your child. Certainly teasing can be mean in children but, I have often wondered if it is also a survival tactic. If a person blows into a rage or cowers and hides when called a mean nickname are they somebody you can trust in a few years to stand beside you when facing a charging rhino or saber toothed tiger?
@@corin164 Ofcourse I am not going by any drawing ! Lol , I meant big ,tall, strong , smart , long red hair & beard both parents Icelandic ,small gene pool . That's the written description I was going by. The kids at school went by the drawings in their school books possiblely . Basically anyone with red hair is teased more so ,if you come from a country where a famous person in your countrys history was a long haired big tall red head !
Another great episode.
I love it every time the cat shows up.
Still love the channel, sorry I have been tied up in the news and not participating much in history. I am back and appreciate all the content
Assembling all the local men for discussion at what was called a "Thing." What a glorious name.
"Hey, man, want to go get a mead later?"
"Can't, I got a Thing."
Ting not thing
It´s "ting". "Ting" has two meanings. It does mean "thing" in one of the meanings but it´s also the old word for "assembly". Our parliament (Denmark) is called "Folketing" (assembly of people)
@@badgerpa9 It's just a dumb joke, because, for some reason, it's funny for people from 1000 years ago, who are typically thought of as serious and intimidating, to use contemporary idiomatic phrases that convey a sense of casual laziness. For that matter, you know the chicken didn't actually cross the road to get to the other side. ...Or actually, I'm sure at least one chicken, somewhere in the history of poultry farming, did cross a road, but my point is, sometimes jokes are just goofy and stupid.
All of you are right... watch this: ua-cam.com/video/dAR6IFou-mc/v-deo.html
A reference the paintings would be splendid.
if you had been my history teacher when i was in school i would have learned so much more. thank you for being a teacher for me now. better late...
Automatic like for THG whilst drifting off to sleep downunder. Thanks for your show THG.
Came for this history, stayed for the cat. ❤️
I love that his cat wants the attention he is giving his broadcast. We need to know more about the History Cat.
Whats his name?
@@djdange01 THG family has three cats: Pookie, Demi, and Lucky Star. I don't know which one cat-eod in this video. [THG says in a reply that it is Pookie.]
The soy must flow
It's a tabby.
I'm Danish, and in my family we still use the word "skrælling" about someone (or something) small or weak.
Skrälling? Never heard it in swedish sadly.
I'm Eric, and I think he misspelled his name!
In South African Afrikaans language 'skraal' means slim built, lean and possibly but not neccesarily weak.
@@john2244 Many European languages are interrelated, so it should not be too surprising that words in different languages might have similar if not identical meanings.
In addition humans can only make a limited number of sounds, so you can get words that sound alike even in very different unrelated languages.
In Japanese there is a phrase that means, sort of, "happy eating" used before eating.
It sounds like "Eat the ducky moss" but it has nothing to do with any sort of fowl moss.
And I know Afrikaans is not technically European, but it is based on European languages. It's ancestry is European.
Yeah, right the vikings that landed in North America called the natives there Skraellingers.
New episode always nice and a great topic
Last year, you did an episode on the A12, the predecessor of the SR-71 Blackbird. You may be interested that there was only one simulator built to train pilots and RSOs (Reconnaissance Systems Operators). This simulator was built by the Link Division of the Singer Sewing Company. It was housed in the S.A.G.E. building at Beale AFB, California. It is now located at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Texas. I worked on the simulator as a technician from 1980-1983. I met many of the crew that flew the aircraft and can recognize their names when they are mentioned in a video or news article. I don't know of any interviews with people who worked on the simulator.
Excellent!!!!! I had no idea all this time, until my son just recently told me, of your locale. I am up on the Troy-Scott Road just past the blinking (ONLY) light!!! Hi neighbor!!! EXCELLENT CHANNEL!!!!!
Easily in the top ten history channels on YT.
This was one of pieces of history that I actually had heard of in school.
You covered a lot of territory in this one THG, in more ways than one.
Who knows what all that must have went on.....Thanks for telling what we do know so well.....!
Your channel is so awesome! One of the things I'm most proud of is my Viking roots and it's history. And I'm a proud member of the Icelandic organization here in the states!
@4:31 enter the fluffiest History guy's cat, that deserves to be remembered :D
omg that little cheek made this episode purr-fect.
That is Pookie. Lucky was a foot away, but rarely chooses to get in frame.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel there's two history cats? Yay volume II.
@@constancemiller3753 three, actually four, in that Penny made it into the show before she passed.
I love your work. Thank you.
Well done. Your explanation was understandable even to a common man like myself.
Love this episode
Love watching your videos keep up the good work and good luck on hitting that 1 million subscribers mark.
I love how interested your cat was in this video. lmao
Now that it has introduced itself, we need a name.
That's the secret weapon. UA-cam can't demonetize a video with cats in it. Especially if it contributes to the content!
@@spikespa5208 THG family includes three cats: Pookie, Demi, and Lucky Star. THG says in an earlier reply that it is Pookie. Happy new year to you and yours.
Such a fine beast !
@@spikespa5208 simple....The History Cat
The History Guy has plenty of material to draw from when it comes to Greenland - that's for sure. The "Lost Squadron" comes to mind. Plus several other exploration mishaps and mysterious finds in this very sparsely traversed island.
The US tried to build a base there I think. The ice kept moving and they had to abandon it.
@@wolfvale7863 Hmm. I thought my cousin, in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed there. Perhaps my memory is wonky.
@@lizj5740 , Doing the cold war the US had some kind of long range radar system in Greenland that could supposedly see over and past the horizon to give us advance notice if Russia sent bombers to strike against the US.
@@goodun2974 Ah, yes. Part of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line (according to Wikipedia). Okay. That makes sense. That led me to "DEWLine Sites in Canada, Alaska & Greenland. A tribute site to those who served on the coldest part of the Cold War, the Distant Early Warning Radar Line." located at lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/. Perhaps it will mention my cousin. Thank you.
I come by my short temper honestly.
Excellent episode (as are they all).
I don't know if my family is related to Erik or not, but I'm definitely part Viking (my mom was from Norway): apparently just yesterday, my temper - while usually very even - caused me to be blocked on Facebook for A WEEK! They didn't even tell me what I did!
Most of the vikings mentioned in the sagas were Icelanders. Mostly because the sagas were almost all written in Iceland by Icelanders and so few Norwegians are actually related to those people as pretty much all of their children and future decentants continued living in Iceland. As for Eric's family branch it splintered in two one half disappearing to history as the Greenlandic settlement was abandoned I the 15th century. However Some of his children and grandchildren would return to Iceland and live out their days so there are still people who can claim to be of his heritage in Iceland.
Brit, Viking meaning.. is NOT about being of a say.. “certain tribe”, in any Scandinavian ..’tribe’! Albeit ALL Scandinavians being “german sprouts”, fanned out, as the actual object fan does (!), the word viking is a phrase meaning “We Kings”, old word from ‘Os Konger’. As there were many of them, in their time of establishing themselves as LEADERS!
This is one your best episodes. I knew some of this history, but you added a lot.
The Vikings are for me what pirates are for others. Thank you for this episode, THG! 💜
I love this stuff...Thanks you !
We love you THG.
I've been to Stavanger and Trondheim in 1995 while stationed on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41. Gorgeous fjords and mountains.
So far so good !!
THC makes an appearance in the opening segment, yay! Great to hear more about the history of the culture I was raised in. It explains where this constant need to "take a road trip and explore" comes from!
I LOVE your videos so much! You're so knowledgeable and interesting to listen to! Ive always been fascinated with history myself and I love how you cover interesting stories from different eras! Very unique and well researched videos! Thank you for your hard work also love your fashion style!
@Whitney Dahlin,
This is a small UA-cam world. We briefly commented to each other on the Kiun B channel about a week ago. Hope things are well for you.
Great stuff, thank you!
Thank you
Please do Russian America next. Both side of the NA continent explored and "discovered" by a common European people group.
That certainly seems to be an under rated subject, almost unknown to all except residents of Alaska.
@@dcpack And residents of Fort Ross, CA, of course.
@@skydiverclassc2031 :) Certainly.
The discovery of a continent goes to the one who says, "Hey, this is a continent and here is the proof."
I think the Russians went all the way down past Alaska panhandle to California and had a fort in Hawaii at one time, would be good topic for the channel, how Russia ended up not staying in Pacific northwest or Hawaii
The recent final series of "Vikings" brings this to life quite well.
Thank You from an old Viking family🙏🏻🇺🇸
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Really good content as always. I really enjoyed this one.
Good episode!
Very nice. I have missed you.
I do like seeing the history cat.
Me too. 🤗
A far cry from the men of the viking age.
The Vikings were fond of cats, especially orange tabbys.
Great video...also love the surprise cat appearance :)
Lance,
Thank you for this video! It amazing how many people dont know that there is - and why there is - a statue of Leif Erikson in Boston MA. Vikings on the Charles - 500 years before the Pilgrims.
God bless
Paul (in MA)
I am always dumbfounded by downvotes of ANY of your videos.Some are not my cup of tea but they are all great and well made. If one does not like the subject, don't watch. No need to downvote it.Thanks for another entertaining and enlightening video.
this is super helpful
If I recall correctly as of late 2019 Vinland is mostly considered to have likely been New Brunswick, after some butternut tree stumps)or trees found only in New Brunswick and not Newfoundland) were discovered at L’aux meadows that had been cut using Norse tools. Suggesting Vikings harvesting them and transporting them to use in building. New Brunswick also has grapes.
Jaimee, some archeologists believe that Basque fishermen may have reached "the New Land" before the Vikings, catching cod and drying it on shore. See the book " Cod" by Mark Kurlanski ( also his "Salt").
Vikings are almost like pirates and every good story needs pirates.
Beat me to it!
@@NorrisHistoryCorner Me too!
every good story involves corsairs.
Hats, needs more hats.
Definitely, definitely pirates
Bonus points for the cat.
Great video and I liked the “Cat-meo” of your furry friend.
Maybe we can get a Leif Erikson episode soon!! 😃
4:28 Hello History Cat! 😍HG, your history lessons are truly wonderful to behold, but everything is better with kitties.
I love my Gela TV I got your prescription a while ago it's Grace I was watching it yesterday it was beautiful Thomas from Winter Haven Florida
I found this to be more interesting than I had thought, as usual. Thank you. I believe "the meeker massacre" of western colorado would be a fascinating topic to cover.
Love the gray tabby cat!
Great video--thank you so much! Wish you could do a video on the Watergate scandal...
Anyone else not watch History Guy's videos for like, 2 months at a time, so they can watch all his releases during that time all at once?
National Geographic did a great piece on this back in the 60’s. Glad THG covered this.
Hi history guy, thanks so much for all your videos. I have learned so much from you. Im currently reading about Dorothy Mae Kilgallen. Did you know she entered a race around the world ?i know she isnt your normal contact but, I was wondering if you may possibly do a segment on her or would be able to refer me to an affiliate that may either way I love your show your and ty so much
4:36 Hey, who's that guy with Pookie!
Friend: "Yo you wanna do a thing later?"
Me: "Yeah that Erik guy is being a pain in the arse. We need to talk about how to deal with him."
Funny, but just to be "that guy", the word is 'ting', not 'thing'.
Don't say that man :(
Great story Mr. HG,
The grand, nostalgic and sometimes envious way that Romans and the Norse warriors as well as explorers are portrayed of late is the season that pirates and poor 19th century southern boys should not be so maligned. And of all the other "baddies" in history, poor southern boys mostly just wanted their own farm, not somebody else's.
I always thought Vikings could've made it to the Chesapeake, but the locals ran em off, and the only evidence is somewhere in deep water.
thank you History Guy, for making and posting. Pls remember this, though: if you live in Iceland, you would automatically know there is land to the west, and pretty nearby. How? icebergs. Norsemen knew that icebergs can only come form ice on land (it calves ice bergs). No sea ice makes icebergs. Further, icebergs melt soon. Therefore, the land that make them must be close by. (ob, btw, if you visit Chichenitza in Yucatan, Mexico, the stone carvings show some very tall bearded men with long noses standing among the local--short, stubby Mayas! Those carvings are there for you to ponder on and find if the Vikings are the ones who made it even down there?_
Histroy that deserves to be preserved. (™️) The History Guy.
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That’s pretty awesome!!
again another night i end with your passing of history.... hope all is well
Eric the Red once had an argument with his wife regarding an incoming storm. When events eventually bore out his position, he told his wife, *"Eric the Red knows rain, dear."*
Honest as usual.prenez soins de vous.
Great video.
In Lands aux Meadows, the government after the archeological discovery of Erik's settlement rebuilt it as an open air/living museum. My best friends uncle, a carpenter, helped build it back in the 70s and into the 80s.
It was quite warmer worldwide back then, and they took advantage of it.
@The History Guy can you please do an episode or two about the loss of the USS Thresher and the USS Scorpion?
The Vikings who sailed to Eastern Europe were called the Russ and they gave their name to Russia.
They were Rus, they originated from Ukraine.
I will second that, the Russ were the locals, the Vikings were visitors.
The Rus were a tribe that lived on the river Dnieper by what is now Kiev. The Rus themselves were originally early vikings who settled the area. The vikings that later ventured down the river were traders who helped the Rus dominate the area. I think its interesting to mention that the Rus told the vikings where to go to trade with Constantinople. The vikings has quite a trade network.
@@lowrider81hd nope. Their first settlement was Holmgard or modern Vielky Novgorod in Russia. In fact their first polity, the Rus Khaganate was in Russia. it was another two generations before they took Chernigev and Kiev.
Latest genetic analysis shows the Vikings were genetically mixed with many coming from the south and East, ie Ukraine area.
I loved the appearance of the cat.
Pookie
History Cat.
Every THG episode is great. THCat added the laughs!
History Cat needs his/hers own UA-cam channel discussing bgg the history of cats and for some reason keeps talking about Egypt and how they were worshipped as gods
Pookie! 😆
A lot of viewers notice when you change something on the wall/shelves behind you. When you change something such as the framed piece under the sword, would please take a couple of minutes and tell us what it is & how you came about getting it, etc.? I'll bet that I am not the only person who would be interested. Thank you HG.
I was in "Brattahlíð", now called Qasiarsuq, this summer. It's still green and beautiful, with sheep farms and some other agriculture. I really understood why Greenland was named Greenland, and that's speaking as a Scandinavian my self.
Jared Diamond is a good read on Norse settlement in Greenland