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	Setting Sail in the Wake of Leif Ericsson; Battling Ice and Time, 12-Man Crew Guides Replica Viking Ship on Voyage Through History Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/10/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...discover America in 1492, a Viking, Leif Ericsson, beat him by almost 500 years...will have a much tougher trip than Leif Ericsson did," McGovern said. "It...climatically than it was when Eric {Leif's father} and Leif were making...
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	IN HISTORY'S WAKE : REPLICA OF VIKING SHIP TO RETRACE LEIF ERICSSON'S TRIP TO AMERICA.(NEWS) Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 3/16/1997; 700+ words ; ...merchant vessel used by explorer Leif Ericsson when he established what is believed...member crew will attempt to retrace Ericsson's voyage, relying as he did...of the ice pack that now covers Ericsson's route until the onset of hurricane...
	VIKING SHIP NEARLY ACROSS PERILOUS LEG\ THE MAINE-BUILT REPLICA RE-CREATING LEIF ERICSSON'S VOYAGE IS SAILING 1,500 MILES FROM GREENLAND TO NEWFOUNDLAND. Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 8/11/1998; ; 452 words ; ...journey is nearly over. W. Hodding Carter and his nine-man crew, who are making a second attempt to re-create Leif Ericsson's voyage to the New World, have nearly completed the crossing of the Davis Strait. They were expected to reach...
	Turn over a new Leif in the autumn sky Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 10/8/2005; ; 549 words ; ...since 1964, Oct. 9 is officially Leif Ericsson Day. Ericsson was a leader of...of the information concerning Ericsson's discovery of the New World...enthusiasm: "Hey everybody! It's Leif Ericsson day! Hinga Dinga Durgin!"
	LEIF SLEPT HERE, IT SAYS Viking buffs undaunted by lack of evidence Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/16/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...a granite plaque purports to pinpoint the spot where Leif Ericsson built a house 1,000 years ago, while Weston boasts...left behind three sagas recounting the derring-do of Leif Ericsson and kin, sprinkled with accounts of a western land...
	`Vinland Revisited' honors Leif's voyage Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/7/1991; ; 481 words ; ...celebration of his discovery of America, historians say that Leif Ericsson beat him by five centuries. It is fairly certain that...Norway and Iceland are commemorating the millennium of Ericsson's voyage with "Vinland Revisited - One Thousand Years...
	VIKING REPLICA TURNS OVER A NEW LEIF.(MAIN) Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/17/1997; 419 words ; Adventurers seeking to re-create Leif Ericsson's voyage to the New World a millennium ago set sail Wednesday...began after a two-week delay. The 12-man crew will follow Ericsson's presumed route up the west coast of Greenland, across...
	GROUP TRACING ERICSSON'S JOURNEY HALTED BY MISHAP.(News) Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 8/19/1997; 386 words ; ...group trying to retrace explorer Leif Ericsson's historic ocean journey to North...after their boat, a replica of Ericsson's Viking ``knarr,'' broke...retracing the 1,900-mile route Ericsson took in the year 1000 from Greenland...
	In the vikings' wake 3 ships come to tell New World of Ericsson and the environment Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/10/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...American coast to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Leif Ericsson's voyage. They had just sailed into American waters...000th anniversary of what some historians say was Ericsson's landfall in Newfoundland. The boats depart Tuesday...

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	L'anse Aux Meadows Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...Saga (1200). Norwegian-born Leif Ericsson (c.970 – c.1020...set foot on North American soil. Ericsson was the son of navigator Erik the...go ashore. It is believed that Ericsson decided he would follow up on this...
	Vinland Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...which was visited in the 11th century by Norsemen led by Leif Ericsson. It was so named from the report that grapevines were...Vinland, with an inscription describing its discovery by Leif Ericsson; the authenticiy of the map is debated.