Series Quest for the Lost Vikings (2025)

Story

For generations, stories have circulated about Vikings descending from Hudson’s Bay and reaching the New World. In Quest for the Lost Vikings, a team of experienced explorers sets out to examine whether those stories reflect a genuine chapter in the history of the Americas. Their investigation follows the traces, landscapes, and possibilities connected with Viking exploration, bringing the question of a forgotten journey into the present day.

The expedition combines travel, historical inquiry, and field exploration. Each discovery leads the team toward a clearer understanding of what may have brought Viking explorers across the Atlantic and into North American territory. The series keeps its focus on evidence and exploration, allowing the mystery to develop through the researchers’ shared experience and their encounters with the places linked to this enduring heritage.

Overview

This Canadian documentary travel series follows explorers who are investigating their own Viking ancestry while pursuing a broader historical question. Their personal connection to the subject gives the journey an intimate dimension, while their work as members of the Explorers Club and The Royal Canadian Geographical Society places the expedition within a world of serious geographic and exploratory research.

Led by director Sam Vint, the series blends open-air adventure with cultural history and investigative storytelling. The landscapes of the Americas provide the setting for a search shaped by family memories, professional experience, and a desire to test long-held accounts of Viking movement beyond Europe. Rather than offering a conventional history lesson, the program presents the investigation as an active journey, where the past is approached through travel, observation, and careful questioning.

Cast and Characters

The expedition is carried by three explorers whose family background gives the subject a personal meaning. Their combined experience guides the investigation as they examine the possibility of Viking exploration in the Americas.

• Dave Collette joins the search as an explorer and Fellow of the Explorers Club and The Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
• Johann Sigurdson brings his own connection to Viking heritage to the journey and takes part in examining the historical clues surrounding the expedition.
• Mackenzie Collette accompanies the team as an explorer, helping pursue the stories and evidence connected with Viking travel across the Atlantic.