Explore TV’s presenter Trevor Cochrane returned to television screens last weekend with the first in a four-part series on Channel Nine showcasing Viking’s 13-day Antarctic Explorer voyage aboard the ...

Explore TV returns to Channel Nine this Saturday with the first of four episodes dedicated to Viking’s 13-day Antarctic Explorer voyage on board Viking Octantis with agents having a chance to ...

The main group is the Jarl Squad, led by a chief called the Guizer Jarl. The 61 people in the group become Vikings for the day, wearing custom made suits and shields, and wielding axes.

As axes are brandished across Lerwick today, a far more ancient Viking weapon has found its way to Shetland Museum and Archives. A sword pommel found in Fetlar and dated between AD 900-1100 has been ...

Guizer Jarl Calum Grains, who is chief executive of the Lerwick Port ... the traditional burning of the Viking galley and the follow-on celebrations. “The visit will give them direct experience of ...

Almost 1,000 guizers, or warriors, in full Viking dress of helmets and shields and carrying flaming torches, will parade through the streets following their leader, the Guizer Jarl, whose galley ...

The event marks the end of the Yule season in Nordic culture, and features “guizers” in Viking costume marching ... take place (Jane Barlow/PA) Guizer Jarl Calum Grains, the leader of the ...

Watch live coverage of the annual Viking festival ‘Up Helly Aa’ in Scotland ... towards organising and planning the following year’s festival. The Guizer Jarl and the squad begin their preparations in ...

On the last Tuesday of January around 1,000 guizers headed by the chief Viking "Jarl" march through the streets of Lerwick until they arrive in the galley and throw their torches into the ship. Up ...

Up Helly Aa is returning to Shetland this week, seeing thousands of people across the islands come together to mark the spectacular occasion. The event has been a staple of the Shetland calendar for ...

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