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Ancient Greeks in the Arctic - The Voyage of Pytheas
🕑 Added 2022-10-19 21:59:01 +0000 UTCNew video!
Very little was known of the distant north in antiquity. Most of what trickled down into the Mediterranean world were various trade goods and rumors carried by merchants. The prospects of what lay beyond, however, soon attracted explorers to seek out the riches of the mysterious beyond. Himilco of Carthage was among the first to launch an Phoenician expedition into the Atlantic which may have reached as far as Brittany. Yet, around 320 BC Pytheas of Massalia would launch his own Greek expedition which would penetrate as far as the Arctic.
In this documentary we bring his journey to life as he made its way from the warm shores of the Mediterranean to the frigid depths of the Congealed Sea and beyond!
