Vikings of the Pandemic

R. Stephens
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A Saga about an Orkney family over a thousand years from the Viking Age and Medieval Warming Period to a 21st century Pandemic and Global Warming.

Episodes

  1. 03/28/2022

    Episode 12: Historical Notes for each Episode.

    This last episode presents some of the historical material that I used to create each of the 11 episodes of this saga. The saga covers over a 1,000 years of the history of the North Atlantic.

    20 min

  2. 03/21/2022

    Episode 11: Anna’s Story. The Work Family Saga.

    Anna tells her family what she has leaned about the Work Clan.

    15 min

  3. 03/14/2022

    Episode 10: Full Circle. St. John’s Newfoundland Spring 2026.

    Anna finds out what is inside of the family amulet. A connection is made.

    34 min

  4. 03/07/2022

    Episode 9: Disco Island, Greenland 2026

    The family amulet has been passed onto Anna Work by Robert Work. The scientists summarize their findings at Arctic Station, Greenland. A story is told.

    20 min

  5. 02/28/2022

    Episode 8: Orkney Island 1942

    The US Navy destroyer Hambleton is torpedoed off Orkney Island and Robert Work, the Medical Officer, is taken to the hospital in Kirkwall.  He learns of the dispersal of the Work Clan after the Scottish Reformation.

    30 min

  6. 02/25/2022

    Episode 7: Newfoundland December 2025

    Thé team identifiés thé virus causing the pandemic. The laboratory work points to a promising antidote.

    16 min

  7. 02/23/2022

    Episode 6: Scotland Summer 1482

    Margaret of Denmark is shipwrecked off Orkney on her way to marry King James lll of Scotland. Mildred Work accompanies the Queen and her three sons to Orkney when plague hits Stirling Castle. Margaret reveals the whereabouts of the family amulet.

    26 min

  8. 02/21/2022

    Episode 5: Orkney Island 1381

    Henry Sinclair is made Earl of Orkney by King Hakon Vl of Norway and enlists the help of the Fortress Keeper, John Work, and the Work Clan.  An account of Rognvald’s travels is found. The Earl sails to Greenland and Newfoundland.

    47 min

  9. 02/21/2022

    Episode 4: Newfoundland September 2025

    Anna Work and her family live in St John’s Newfoundland. The scientists continue their work, examining native specimens of Greenland and Newfoundland for a possible antidote.

    27 min

  10. 02/14/2022

    Episode 3: Newfoundland June 1005

    Newfoundland 1005. Rognvald, a member of the Wark Clan of Orkney, sails to the northern peninsula of Newfoundland (the Western lands) for wood and stays in Leif Ericsson’s camp. He is given healing plants by a native.

    43 min

  11. 02/07/2022

    Episode 2: Gardar, Greenland 1204

    Thé Cathédral in Gardar is dedicated. Magnus Havardson, a member of the Work Clan of Orkney, sails to Greenland. A family amulet is opened.

    46 min

  12. 01/31/2022

    Episode 1: Narsarsuag, Greenland August 2025

    Scientists gather to find a cure for a pandemic. Anna Work, a physician and biochemist, who works with the World Health Organization (WHO) is among them.

    24 min
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A Saga about an Orkney family over a thousand years from the Viking Age and Medieval Warming Period to a 21st century Pandemic and Global Warming.

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  • Creator
    R. Stephens
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
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