Monday, April 20, 2020

Viking snowshoes...

...but not for people. The snowshoe for a horse was part of a trove found under a retreating glacier, by the side of what was once a trade route.

I'm imagining somebody cursing the realization their horse had thrown a shoe.

The spectacular find also included shoes, mittens, and arrows with the fletching intact. The pass fell out of use after the Black Death.

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