"...geneticists from Norway and Sweden have provided a picture of the Viking world that reveals women traveled to settle in far-off places. This appears to be true of born-and-bred Norsewomen as well as those from the lands where vikings traveled."

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Good to know Viking ladies were not less bad-ass than their men!

From the sound of it Viking women were more badass than the men.

Vikings also went to arctic Canada:

http://sci-news.com/archaeology/science-viking-presence-arctic-canada-02349.html

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