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On the Edge of ChangeNovember 01, 2012 – National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising, and unfailingly fascinating.
Lost Viking Military Town Unearthed in Germany?July 11, 2012 – Medieval jewels, weapons, and foundations in Germany may have helped lead experts to the earliest mentioned Viking settlement.
Viking Invaders Brought Armies of MiceMarch 23, 2012 – Vikings who conquered new lands unwittingly brought with them another sort of invader, a new DNA study says—mice.
Face-to-FaceNovember 01, 2012 – Following a subtle trail of artifacts, a Canadian archaeologist searches for a lost chapter of New World history.
The North WayMay 15, 2012 – Seven hours across the Atlantic, I nose-kissed the airplane window and waited for my first glimpse through the invisible whiteness below. As we dropped back to Earth, the white clouds pulled away like white cotton stuffing, revealing white snow. Spring snowdrifts still coated the upper reaches of the growing landscape: a blanket of fir trees…
ForwardMay 20, 2012 – Museums tell you everything you want to know about a country. In New Zealand, I once visited a museum of milk separators—“The world’s largest collection of milk separators!” boasted the sign—and it didn’t lie. I spent an hour perusing hundreds of different examples of defunct farm equipment and learned how dairy farmers used to separate…
Viking WeatherJune 01, 2010 – As Greenland returns to the warm climate that allowed Vikings to colonize it in the Middle Ages, its isolated and dependent people dream of greener fields and pastures—and also of oil from ice-free waters.
"Thor's Hammer" Found in Viking GravesAugust 10, 2010 – Seen as lightning repellent, "thunderstones" resembling the Norse god Thor's hammerhead were put in graves for good luck, experts say.
Book Excerpt: From the Eyes of the VikingsOctober 08, 2010 – RED GLACIER, ALASKA Bergs and boulders form islands of ice and rock in the basin of the glacier. Welcome to the latest edition of Library Fridays, where we share an excerpt from one our upcoming titles from National Geographic Books. I was particularly enthused at just hearing the name of this week’s book, From the…
The Ice Vikings: How to Climb Icebergs in the North AtlanticMay 28, 2010 – By Tom Prigg; Photographs by Ben McMillen Five friends and I decided to drive 40 hours each way from Pittsburgh to Newfoundland, Canada, to climb icebergs. So we loaded up a short school bus bought and modified by our teammate Ryan Hostetter and headed out, complete with a jet ski in tow. The destination was…
The Adventure Life with Steve Casimiro The Saga of the One-Horned VikingMay 01, 2008 – Text by West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro I personally don’t know anything about poaching powder or ducking a ski area rope without authorization and experiencing the sweet transcendence of five-percent eiderdown snow, which is rumored to transform your life so that all you think about is skiing deep untracked, even at the beginning of May…
The Adventure Life with Steve Casimiro The Saga of the One-Horned VikingMay 01, 2008 – Text by West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro I personally don’t know anything about poaching powder or ducking a ski area rope without authorization and experiencing the transcendence of five-percent eiderdown snow, which is rumored to transform your life so that all you think about is skiing deep untracked, even at the beginning of May when…
51 Headless Vikings in English Execution Pit ConfirmedMarch 16, 2010 – The naked, decapitated bodies found in a thousand-year-old English execution pit most likely belonged to Vikings, a new study says.
How to plan a hike along Iceland's epic Fimmvörðuháls trailApril 04, 2022 – Walk in the footsteps of Vikings and discover epic geology on the Fimmvörðuháls Trail.
What to do with your old copies of Nat Geo? Here's one 'novel' idea.September 08, 2023 – Zombie-creating worms, a passionate Chilean poet, and honey-laden Viking ships share the stage in this modern comedy of manners.
England was born on this battlefield. Why can’t historians find it?May 24, 2023 – When the Battle of Brunanburh was over in 937, five kings, seven earls, and “an uncountable army” were said to have died—yet there is little trace of where it all happened.
