Bill Arnott guides readers on this bestselling literary odyssey, following history’s most feared and misunderstood voyageurs - the Vikings!

To “go viking” is to embark on an epic journey. For eight years Bill Arnott journeyed throughout the northern hemisphere, discovering sites Scandinavian explorers raided, traded, and settled – finding Viking history in a wider swath of the planet than most anthropologists and historians ever imagined.

With a small pack and weatherproof journal, Bill explores and writes with a journalist’s eye, songwriter’s prose, poet’s perspective, and a comedian’s take on everything else. Prepare yourself for an armchair adventure like no other!

From Europe to Asia, the Mediterranean to the British Isles, Scandinavia to Iceland, Greenland, and the New World, with excursions around Thor Heyerdahl’s Pacific, Roald Amundsen’s Arctic and Olaf Crowbone’s stormy North Atlantic, Bill takes readers on a mythic personal adventure in real time – a present-day Viking quest.

— BUY THE BOOKS HERE —
Gone Viking Travel Saga (3 books) published by Rocky Mountain Books
by Bill Arnott
Gone Viking A Travel Saga https://rmbooks.com/book/gone-viking/
Gone Viking II Beyond Boundaries https://rmbooks.com/book/gone-viking-ii/
Gone Viking III The Holy Grail https://rmbooks.com/book/gone-viking-iii/

— EXTRAS —
Other publications by Bill Arnott:
A Season on Vancouver Island https://rmbooks.com/book/a-season-on-vancouver-island/

Hear more from Bill about his travels with Viking TV
https://viking.tv/my-viking/bill-arnott

— CHAPTERS —
00:00 Intro
01:09 About the Three Gone Viking Books
04:10 How Did the Collaboration With Experts Come About?
07:47 How Did You Decide to Write Your Books?
09:23 How Can You Write and Travel So Much?
10:09 Does Your Point of View Change From Book to Book?
12:20 What's So Fascinating About Iceland?
16:00 Any Places That Weren't as Interesting as Expected?
17:44 About Your Interest and Travels to Australia
19:40 Any Plans for a Fourth Viking Travel Saga?
20:28 Are the Books Sequential?
21:20 Outro

— WANT TO KNOW MORE? —
Vikings
https://www.worldhistory.org/Vikings/
Viking Warfare
https://www.worldhistory.org/Viking_Warfare/
Viking Ships
https://www.worldhistory.org/Viking_Ships/
Viking Art
https://www.worldhistory.org/Viking_Art/
Women in the Viking Age
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1251/women-in-the-viking-age/

— WATCH NEXT —
History of the Vikings: Norse Culture, Religion, Seafaring and Famous Warriors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er3psA0QzDA
The Nine Realms of Norse Cosmology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yNHGgAbTZ4
Bjorn Ironside: the Legendary Viking Warrior From the Historical Sagas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX3cjgyc_BE
Ancient History of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
https://youtu.be/z_vdKlVKZoY

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— ATTRIBUTIONS —
The music used in this recording is the intellectual copyright of Michael Levy, a prolific composer for the recreated lyres of antiquity, and used with the creator's permission. Michael Levy's music is available to stream at all the major digital music platforms. Find out more on:
https://www.ancientlyre.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v?si=emacIH9CRieFNGXRUyJ9
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1X6F7lGMEadnNETSzTv8A

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