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you know 500 years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Goodrid sailed off the edge of the known world.

She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing

home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, no one believed

that the details of Goodron's story were true. Then, in 2001, a team of scientists discovered what

may have been this pioneering woman's last house, buried under a hayfield in Iceland, just where the

sagas suggested it could be. The excerpt I've just read is from an excellent book titled

The Far Traveller, Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown. Today you'll get to hear my

conversation with Nancy about her book

and the fascinating character of Goodrid,

who is featured in the Vinland Saga's.

Nancy Marie Brown has studied Icelandic literature and culture since 1978,

and was formerly the editor of the award-winning magazine Research Penn State.

Today's episode is all about Norse exploration, women of the Viking Age, and the archaeology

that supports our current understanding for both of these topics.

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