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On 4th September in Kyiv, Ukraine,
international project VIKING QUEST was successfully completed.
Let us
recall some historical facts. Long far
before Christopher Columbus, who discovered America
in 1492, 500 years before his expedition to be exact, Vikings disclosed the New World. They went cross the Atlantics using the
northern direction without any fear of harsh weather conditions or any other
uncertainties. Vikings being brave adventurers were always ready to face salty
Atlantis winds. Here is a question, whether not the same spirit that used to
call Vikings this time called and lead the way for EQUITES Team members?! So,
off they went towards new discoveries
during VIKING QUEST journey!
EQUITES
Team members finalized Atlantic Expeditions Series by somewhat circling the
Atlantic ocean around. They already crossed it sailing on a yacht to the South
using same direction Columbus
did. This time they crossed the Atlantics moving to the North, using same
direction Vikings did, moreover EQUTES were flying across it.
EQUITES,
who are they?
Columbus Quest is EQUITES Team Voyage across the
Atlantics on a self-made sailing yacht using same ship route Columbus used. It lasted for 40 days. During
the trip EQUITES members were not eating, and were able to consume only limited
amount of water. By this unexampled voyage EQUITES suggest to show how
undiscovered the human body resources are.
Viking Quest is a final part of Atlantic
Expeditions Series which means crossing the Atlantics using the same very routs
Vikings did. As all previous voyages and
journeys Horse Riders (from Latin "Equites") did, this trip is also unusual. It
was performed by flying two small aircrafts Cessna310H and Beechcraft B55.
Viking
Quest Team consists of
Two members
of professional Ukrainian Extreme Travelers Team - EQUITES-
Goltis, Equites' commander, Constantin Mohilnik, writer and Equites Team member,
Oleg Gavrylyk aircraft pilot and Ukrainian State
Flying Academy
inspector, Vasyl Pavlenko, aircraft pilot, Chairman of
Sports Airplane Ukrainian Federation,
and two American pilots Daniel
Joseph Carey and John Rivard.
EQUITES Team Expedition went over nine locations
of Vikings settlements.
Vinland
Sept-Îles / Québec - Vínland means The Grapes Land or Pastures. There is a
monument in Reykjavík with the inscription on it To Leifr Eiriksson, the
Discoverer of Vinland. From the United States of America.
MARKLAND
Happy Valley
- Goose Bay
/ Labrador or Markland which means Woods Land. Approximately in year 1000
according to Icelandic sagas Leifr Eiriksson the Happy (he lived from about 970
to about 1020) with the team of 35 people sailed from Iceland to the
West on his Drakkar (the sailing boat). They discovered three regions on the
American seaside,- Helluland, Markland and Vikland (Wikland). Several temporary
settlements were established there.
HELLULAND
Iqaluit / Baffin Land.
Helluland means The Land of Flat Stones.
EIRIK RAUDES (THE RED) LAND
Kulusuk / Grønland or the Land of Eric The Red
/ Eirik Raudes
Land/, the Iceland conqueror.
WESTERN SETTLEMENT
Kangerlussuaq / Grønland or Søndrе Strøm
Fjord was founded in the 11th century by Viking Leifr Eiriksson.
ICELAND
Reykjavík / Ísland. Iceland people
are direct Vikings descendants. They along with Farer People speak the relic
Scandinavian language. These people are capable of understanding the language
of Icelandic Sagas which are written on ancient Icelandic language 1000 years
ago. Sometimes earliest Scandinavian language is called the Old Norse Language;
this language is the same in Norway,
Iceland, Farer and other
Vikings' settlements in Iceland,
Britain, and Greenland.
FARER ISLANDS
Islands Vágar / Føroyar on Farer Islands
(Føroyar means Sheep Islands,
and also from ancient Icelandic Færeyja) - are the islands populated by Vikings. This was and still is a very important
point for expeditions headed to Iceland,
Greenland and North America.
NORTHERN SEASIDE OF SCOTLAND
Wick / Scotland/,
the name itself comes from an ancient Icelandic word vík, which means bay, harbor (compare Reykjavík city in Iceland
or Lerwick at the neighboring Shetland Islands). The word Viking itself more likely comes from the word with part vík, and Vikings were those very
settlers of bays and gulfs. Word Viking also
arises from cognate word vikja meaning swerve or deviate, so, Viking
is a person who doesn't fallow and doesn't use common wide roads and ways. You
should find this thought rather close to the Equites Team motto Beyond The Matrix.
DANMARK
Århus - one of the earliest cities of Scandinavia, the
Vikings Motherland.
EQUITES
Studio with the support of Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Tourism is working
under Documentary Film (52 minutes) with Gerard Depardieu about unexampled
voyage of EQUITES TEAM members across the Atlantic Ocean
with no food on 40-day starvation, and about Viking
Quest, the final episode of Atlantic Expeditions Series. The film
appeals to mass viewer and intends to show that human body and soul abilities
are far broader than commonly accepted.
Terms of
International VIKING QUEST Project: 08/23/2009- 09/04/2009.
Route:
De Land / Florida
→ Teterboro / New Jersey → Montréal / Québec → Sept-Îles / Québec → Happy Valley
- Goose Bay / Labrador → Schefferville / Québec → Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay) / Baffinland
→ Kangerlussuaq / Grønland → Kulusuk / Grønland → Reykjavík / Ísland → Vágar / Føroyar
→ Wick / Scotland→ Århus / Danmark → Warszawa / Polska → Świdnik / Polska
→ Rzeszów / Polska→ Lviv / Ukraine → Zhulyany Airport /Ukraine.
Equites Tem
members and all VIKING QUEST Project
participants give special thanks for finance support to Mrs. Oksana Kulazhenko.
In case of
any questions or for additional information please feel free to contact us at:
tel.: +380679961795, email: lyudmila_u@hotmail.com, skype: lyudmila_u_ii
tel.: +380674668158, email: logos@equites.com, skype: gammoern,
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