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Old 04-03-2008, 06:40 AM
 
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wordsmith680,

The arctic island group called Svalbard is correct, with Spitzbergen island being the actual site of the Doomsday Seed Vault. This effort to ensure the world's food supply was initiated by and largely funded by Norway. There is a certain irony in the fact that Norway, once the heartland of the early Vikings and the terror of Europe, was named by the Global Peace Index group as the most peaceful nation in world rankings. The other former Viking nation, Denmark, was listed as third.
John
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Old 04-03-2008, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Whiteville Tennessee
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I believe it's the 38th between N & S Kor
Thanks! I am always open to learning! And I think I have gotten lucky because all of my grandkids are avid learners too!
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Old 04-07-2008, 07:11 AM
 
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I thought it was time for a new question: What was the name of the island that the mutineers on the ship HMS Bounty finally settled on and what was the chief mutineer's name? It's not Clark Gable, although he put on a good performance. I thought Marlon Brando was so-so in the same role. http://pics3.city-data.com/forum/ima...lies/smile.gif
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Old 04-07-2008, 07:46 AM
 
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Iwant to say Pitcarn(sp) Island...right???
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Old 04-07-2008, 08:37 AM
 
Location: Vermont / NEK
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Pitcairn Island or Islands is correct, Trudy. The inhabitants are descendants of the mutineers who were led by Fletcher Christian. Without googling - the population, I believe is under 100 and I don't think they allow outsiders to visit, unless it's an emergency or something like that.

That was a pretty good movie as well, John!
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Old 04-07-2008, 10:54 AM
 
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Thanks..but I could not come up with Fletcher Christian
OK.. Here's the place Sutton Hoo
What was discovered there?
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:09 AM
 
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Good answers! The trilogy of books on the mutiny written by Nordhoff and Hall were some of my favorite childhood reading. Unfortunately, the utopia that Christian set out to create turned into a nightmare of violence, mainly over the disproportionate number of men to women. Finally, there was only one adult male left, John Adams aka Smith.

Captain Bligh was a hard taskmaster, but a brilliant seaman. His crowded open-boat voyage of over 4000 miles is considered one of the greatest feats of navigation. What island did they sail to in the East Indies?
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:15 AM
 
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Trudeyrose,

I think you have me on that one. It reminds me of Sutter Creek, so I'll say gold.
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:22 AM
 
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I had no idea, but Hoo sounded like something Celtic that might have to do with a hill, so I was thinking a burial place for an Irish king or something of that nature. Googled it, and it turns out a place in England (Sutton---duh!) where two early cemeteries were discovered as well as a burial for a complete ship that dates from roughly early English history when Raelwuld was the predominant leader of England.

How about---what do you know about Coin Harvey and his pyramid?
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:42 AM
 
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Anyone interested in English/Scandanavian history has to check this site...facinating what has been found in the ship there!
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