Date of Vikings in America Pinpointed

[Aetius]

The Vikings were in the Americas in 1021. Not Quite news for many of us but now scientifically proven...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/ancient-solar-storm-pinpoints-viking-settlement-in-americas-exactly-1-000-years-ago/ar-AAPKTTy?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

John

[Imperial Dave]

very clever stuff

[Duncan Head]

Yes, I saw that at https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/20/vikings-settled-north-america-1000-years-ago-solar-storm - very impressive science.

[Chuck the Grey]

Fascinating and creative bit of science.

[davidb]

Quirks and Quarks, the weekly science radio show on the CBC, interviewed Michael Dee, an Associate Professor of Isotopic Chronology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, about this.  FOr those interested, you can hear the interview here https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/oct-23-vikings-in-newfoundland-new-rocks-from-the-moon-making-wood-better-and-more-1.6219865/new-research-shows-the-vikings-were-in-newfoundland-exactly-1000-years-ago-1.6219878