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“Faroe is the one place in the world where the tradition of the old Vikings still lives. The ancient dances, as executed by the knights and their ladies, have come down through the centuries unchanged. The same old songs, the endless ballads, are still sung as accompaniment to the dances; the same verses are chanted over and over, the same long rows weave in and out of the complicated figures.”
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Further Reading/Principle Sources:
Freuchen, Peter. 2002. Arctic adventure: my life in the frozen North : the adventure classic. Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press.
Freuchen, Peter. 1958. Vagrant Viking: my life and adventures. London: Pan Books.
Freuchen, Peter, David Goldsmith Loth, and George Plimpton. 2003. Peter Freuchen's book of the Seven Seas. Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press.
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Cover Art Credit: Courtney DiJulius
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“Faroe is the one place in the world where the tradition of the old Vikings still lives. The ancient dances, as executed by the knights and their ladies, have come down through the centuries unchanged. The same old songs, the endless ballads, are still sung as accompaniment to the dances; the same verses are chanted over and over, the same long rows weave in and out of the complicated figures.”
Patreon
Further Reading/Principle Sources:
Freuchen, Peter. 2002. Arctic adventure: my life in the frozen North : the adventure classic. Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press.
Freuchen, Peter. 1958. Vagrant Viking: my life and adventures. London: Pan Books.
Freuchen, Peter, David Goldsmith Loth, and George Plimpton. 2003. Peter Freuchen's book of the Seven Seas. Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press.
Credits
Cover Art Credit: Courtney DiJulius

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