Episode
Expedition Unknown: Vikings in America
Overview
Josh traces the Vikings' westward expansion from the volcanic landscape of Iceland to a mysterious settlement in Greenland; he aims to find out if the Vikings landed in the United States more than 500 years before any other Europeans.
Details
- Series
- Expedition Unknown
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2018-01-03
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Vikings in America is Episode 2 in Season 4 of Expedition Unknown. It aired on 2018-01-03. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 1: Viking Secrets
From Denmark and Iceland to the United States and Canada, Josh Gates treads into Viking territory in an effort to unlock answers to their most enduring secrets, including how they attained and sustained their power and how far they really traveled.
Episode 3: Origins of Stonehenge
Josh travels to his ancestral home of Great Britain to explore the origins of Stonehenge. From high in the air to deep under the sea, he finds an unexpected network of monuments that could have inspired one of history's most mystical locations.
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Episode 9: Global Game Show: Out of This World
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