Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson ... In one story, on his voyage to Greenland he sailed off-course and arrived in a place he called 'Vinland', because of the abundant grapes growing there ...

The Leif Erikson story has its ugly side ... haven’t undermined the heroic symbolism of those Viking voyages and the virtues those figures embodied, as well as their more obvious faults.

But how did Scandinavian society begin, and what incited its voyage across the seas ... Freydis, and Leif Erikson--aka "Leif the Lucky", we'll be following the Vikings and their impact on cultures ...