[babble-on]

Its very "Lord of the Rings"-ish to imagine these guys journeying these distances. To what end? rape and pillage? looking for food? gold? rings of power?

[crystalk]

They were on an updagelsy-fard, just to see what was beyond the next hill, over the next river...So very Nordic, so white of them, no other race would ever do THAT...

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

The world was a warmer place back then, we know that now. we also know that the vikings were well travelled and made an attempt to sack Constantinople, and made it well into the Ukraine.

These guys loved their boats and were excellent seamen. None of this is far-fetched.

[sneakypete]

Its very "Lord of the Rings"-ish to imagine these guys journeying these distances. To what end?

To see what's there.