The Norse Vikings, known as barbarians and
explorers of the ancient seas, sailed across from Europe to America. Known to
be the notorious raiders and rapists gang coming from coastlines, a rough façade,
but how they could actually travel along the wild waters gave them a solid
identity.
GPS technology, how they could operate this
modern system at the early century? How they could safely cruise at a remarkable
distances? Are they a possessor of advanced technology? If they do, what is it?
Sunstone, a kind of transparent calcite crystals
that could polarize light, enough to produce a double image. This will then locate
celestial positions particularly the sun even under a huge fog.
Splitting light into different axis, and once
held for the right position, it would create single image directing you into
east-west direction. This mythical Viking stone is also known as Iceland spar.
The technology actually label the Vikings to be
one of the most technologically advanced culture in history. The great seafarers
use this crystal to know the directions going to have a raid and going back to
take home something.
But who taught them the knowledge of polarization and the use of crystal for it, or it’s just a simple yet significant discovery?
This GPS tool for navigation has been a mark and
acknowledgement for the Norse that they were the first and the greatest explorers
500 years before Christopher Columbus discovered America.
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