The Dragon Millennium, Manna-hata University Press, Ltd. Wrote:During the Viking Period of AD 793-1040, the Norse explored, traded and settled extensively, using both the seas and rivers as their means of transportation. The Norse longships and skilled seamanship allowed them to travel to locations as far-flung as Mongolia, the African coast of the Mediterranean, and Vinland in the Vestrilands. Skilled and daring sailors would even attempt winter voyages, trusting in their ability to read the weather and the seaworthiness of their ships to avoid and mitigate the hazards of the season.
This tradition of seamanship continued, albeit in an altered form, during the subsequent Dragon Period (AD 1040-~1400), where the old skills in navigation and ship construction continued to evolve…
But that's the future. In the "present", the cliffhanger of last week's A Thing of Vikings is resolved in a natural if unexpected way, which may mean Things Fall Apart... between Berk and Ulaid, even as other things come together for Snotlout Sigurd in Constantinople and Trader Johann in al-Andalus:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/104089...s/33823062
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12639117/49...Of-Vikings