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MLA Full: "Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?" YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 3 February 2025, www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGCD0J2IMX8.
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Chicago Full: SciShow, "Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?", February 3, 2025, YouTube, 12:38,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bGCD0J2IMX8.
The Vikings were renowned navigators at a time before magnetic compasses were invented. So how'd they manage it? Their secret may have been these pretty-pointed crystals of calcite called Iceland spar, and this month's SciShow Rocks Box subscribers will get to try this out for themselves!









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