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Season #1 Episode #1- TV-MA
- Year:
- 2013
- 44 min
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5.
LAGERTHA (CONT’D)
Sit by the fire, warm yourself.
The stranger nods again, and sits, Ragnar and Lagertha doing
likewise.
RAGNAR:
This man is a wanderer. He has been
on a boat that travelled to the
west.
This is clearly a shock to Lagertha. She stares at the man.
LAGERTHA:
Is it true?
Once more the stranger nods, but does not reply. Lagertha
suddenly realizes that he is glancing towards his cup, and
she quickly re-fills it.
And once more he empties it, then belches, and wipes his hand
over his mouth.
WANDERER:
We sailed north up the coast, to
the rock formation which looks like
a skull. And then, when we were out
in the open sea, we turned due
west. And I was frightened.
LAGERTHA:
What happened to you? Where did you
get to?
Behind her, we see Bjorn and Gyda peeking into the room, and
listening.
WANDERER:
After two days and nights we saw
land. Someone said it was a land
called England, for they had been
there before. But I don’t know if
it’s true. I was only told that in
this land there was great treasure.
We went ashore, found a big house
there, and took some things from
it.
From his bundle of discarded furs he retrieves an object: a
small but very beautiful ivory crucifix.
6.
WANDERER (CONT’D)
In England, they worship a strange
god called Jesus Christ. They say
he died in a tree.
RAGNAR:
Like Odin. Only Odin came back to
life.
Lagertha examines the glittering prize.
RAGNAR (CONT’D)
Tell us how you crossed the open
ocean - once you lost sight of
land? How did you know you were
sailing west, not north or south?
WANDERER:
We had a board. It belonged to a
Swede.
LAGERTHA:
A board? What kind of board...?
WANDERER:
A sun-shadow board. Here is one.
Again he reaches into the thick pile of animal furs and this
time produces a “solskuggerfol” board. It is a smallish
wooden board with a pin or gnomon in the centre (which can be
adjusted up or down) and with circles drawn around the pin.
WANDERER (CONT’D)
To show you how it works, I need to
float it in a tub of water.
Ragnar goes off to fetch one.
Once more the wanderer looks at his empty cup, and once more
Lagertha re-fills it.
And once more he empties the cup in one gulp. Outside the
wind blasts against the house and makes the candles inside
flutter and almost gutter.
Ragnar returns with the tub of water and the wanderer places
the board in the water, where it floats.
Then he takes a candle.
WANDERER (CONT’D)
This candle is the sun.
7.
He holds the candle over the board.
WANDERER (CONT’D)
Each day the sun rises, and climbs
in the sky until noon.
(he arcs the candle across
the board - the shadow
shortens)
See how the shadow shortens. At
noon it will be at its shortest as
the sun is at its zenith.
RAGNAR:
But this only tells me how far
south I have travelled -
WANDERER:
Now listen. The day before you
sail, mark a circle around the
pointer on the board at the place
where the shadow is shortest at
noon. The next day at sea, place
the board in water again around
noon and watch for the shadow. If
it only touches the circle, your
course remains true. If the shadow
passes outside the circle, like
this, you have drifted and must
steer further south. If the shadow
never reaches the circle you are to
north. Keep the noon shadow on the
circle and your course will be
true.
Ragnar and Lagertha stare at the board and the shadow as it
moves across it.
LAGERTHA:
Is it really true, wanderer, that
you crossed the ocean using only
this...this children’s toy?
WANDERER:
Yes, I swear to you. I swear on my
sacred ring. Of course, we also
used ravens to show how far we
might be from land, but the board
took us across the open sea.
LAGERTHA:
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