A 9th-century Viking explorer intentionally set out to find a new land using a flock of ravens as his navigation system. This man was Floki Vilgerðarson, and his innovative use of birds earned him the nickname Hrafna-Flóki, or "Raven-Floki". Around the year 868, after hearing rumors of land to the west, Floki left Norway on a daring expedition to find it. He stopped at the Faroe Islands to prepare and brought three ravens aboard his ship. 🐦 Out in the open ocean, he released the first raven, wh
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Vikings used an ingenious method of navigation on long sea voyages by carrying trained ravens and releasing them when they were far from shore. If a raven circled the ship and returned, it meant there was no land within its sight, so the crew continued on their current course. But if the bird flew off in a straight line and didn’t come back, the Vikings knew it had spotted land and they followed its path. This simple but clever technique—famously used by the explorer Raven-Flóki—allowed them to
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