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VikingVoyagestoAmerica

TheVikingswerethefirstEuropeanstoreachAmerica.TheyachievedthislongbeforeColumbuseversetsail.TheVikingswereagroupofpeoplewhoseancestorscamefromScandinavia.TheycontrolledtheseasandcoastsofNorthernEuropebetweenthe8thand10thcenturiesAD.Byaround900AD,thereweremanyplacesinNorthernEuropewheretheVikingschosetolive.In982AD,whenamancalledErictheReddecidedtosetsailfurtherwest,therewereasmanyas10,000VikingslivinginIceland.

AccordingtotheoldstoriesofIcelandandNorway,ErictheRedwasforcedtoleaveIcelandbecausehehadcommittedamurder,forwhichhegotintotrouble.EricreachedGreenlandanddiscoveredthatpeoplecouldliveintheplacewherehelanded.HereturnedtoIcelandandtoldpeoplethereaboutGreenland.HepersuadedsomepeopletogobackwithhimtoGreenland.Ericsetsailonceagain,thistimewith25ships,ofwhichonly14madeittoGreenland.NotlongafterErictheRedhadlandedinGreenland,amancalledBiarnisetsailfromIcelandinsearchofEric'

sparty.BiarniwashopingtojoinhisfatherwhowaswithEric,buthewasblownoffcourseandfoundhimselfinanunknownland,fromwhereheeventuallyreachedGreenland.

Intheyear1002,whenErictheRed'

ssonLeifwasplanningatripfurtherwest,BiarniwasthemanwithwhomLeifdiscussedhisplans.LeiffollowedBiarni'

sdirectionsandsailedtowhatisbelievedtobethecoastofpresent-dayCanada.HethensailedfurthersouthtoanislandwhichisnowknownasNewfoundland.WeknowaboutErictheRedandLeif'

sdeedsthroughstorieswhichwerewrittendowncenturieslaterinNorwayandIceland.TheyarethefirstrecordswehaveofEuropeanssailingtotheAmericas.

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3TheSeaWorld

UNDERWATERWORLD

TheBestplacetoSeeSeaCreatures

PolarWorld

Wehavepolarbearsandarealicebergtoo!

Youcanonlyseeasmallpartofitabovethewater.It'

sthreetimesasbigunderwater.Watchtheacrobaticsealsatfeedingtime.Meetourlessenergeticbutmorefriendlypenguins.You'

lllovethem!

OceanFloor

Seesomeofthemostbeautifulcoralandthemostunusualfishintheworld.Watchsomefish“flying”throughthewater.Theyarelesscolourfulthansomeotherfishbuttheymovebeautifully.

SeaTheatre

Seeourintelligentdolphins.

Therearefantasticshowseverytwohours.

DiscoveryPool

Especiallyforyoungerchildren.Theycantouchcrabsandothersmallercreatures.Theycanbeeducatedaboutdailylifeonthebeachinthisexcitingarea.

VirtualRealityVoyage

Ourmostup-to-dateattraction.Comewithusona“virtualreality”triptothe

oceanfloorandseesomeofthestrangestfishintheworld.

•NoisiestFish.Somefishcanproducesoundsalmosttwiceasloudasyourspeakingvoice!

Youcertainlywon'

tfindanoisierfish.

•PrettiestFish.Somefishattractotherfishwithalightontheirbody–andtheneatthem!

Theyhaveahugemouthandcaneatfishasbigasthemselves.

Watchout!

•TiniestFish.Lookcarefullyforthetiniestfishintheworld.Itisnotasbigasaflyinyourhouse!

•Swimwithdolphinsandfaceanattackbythemostdangerouscreatureinthesea–thegreatwhiteshark!

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4SeaStories

Itmayseemstrange,butatthatmoment,whenwewereontheedgeofthewhirlpool,Ifeltcalmerthanwhenweweremovingtowardsit.Wewentroundandround,nearerandnearertothehorribleedgeofthewhirlpool.Suddenly,wewentovertheedge.Ithoughtmylifewasover.Butmomentaftermomentpassed,andIwasstillsafe.Theboatwasontheinsideofthehugewhirlpoolandweweregoingroundincirclesatgreatspeed.Isawclearlythattherewereotherobjectsinthewhirlpool–treesandbarrels.Inoticedthattheheavierobjectswentdownmorequicklythanthesmaller,lighterones.SoItiedmyselftoabarreltohelpmefloat.Itriedtomakemybrotherunderstand,buthewasterrifiedandstayedintheheavyboat.Withoutwaiting,Idivedintotheseatotryandescape.

Aboutthreeyearsago,somethingterriblehappenedtome.Thosesixhoursofterrorhavebrokenmybodyandsoul.YouthinkIamaveryoldman–butIamnot.Ittooklessthanasingledaytochangemyhairfromblacktowhite.Oneday,mytwobrothersandIwerecomingbackfromtheislands,ourboatfulloffish.Allatonce,theskywascoveredwithdarkcloudsandinlessthanaminutewewereinaterriblestorm.Anenormouswavecoveredourboatandmyyoungerbrotherfellintothesea.Ourboatsurvived,andIwastryingtorecoverwhenmyelderbrotherputhismouthclosetomyear,andscreamedouttheterrifyingword“Whirlpool!

”Withthewindandwavesweweregoinginthedirectionofthewhirlpool,andnothingcouldsaveus!

Asyoucansee,Ididescape.Iwillbringmystoryquicklytoaconclusion.Sometim