Speaker unverified: belief

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…Why do you think they left? Why do you think they didn’t stick around longer? I think there are a number of things working against them. Of course, I would like to believe there’s an alternate history where the Vikings successfully make it down, you know, maybe down to Maryland or something, and there’s an alternate history of the US and Canada here, but I think there’s a number of things working against them. The first is they stubbornly refused to give up husbandry, so they’re trying to make this work. L’Anse aux Meadows I think is where they were, in Newfoundland. It doesn’t work. The climate’s too cold. It’s not even—the grasses aren’t appropriate, you know, it’s just not gonna work and they do not adapt, number one. Number two, they’re 2,000-plus miles away from Norway and getting resupplied, and although they are extremely good sailors and explorers and traders, I think this is a little too far. And then thirdly is the native resistance. It’s just too incessant. They are, they are outnumbered, you know, millions to one. And the Algonquin do not want them there. It’s clear, and they’re not gonna stop attacking. It’s so fascinating because they really didn’t understand the full scale of the land they’ve encountered, right?…

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