The Brendan Voyage
Is it possible that a medieval Irish monk could have reached America nearly 1,000 years before Columbus? Could he have sailed in a small leather boat across the cold, savage spaces of the North Atlantic?
In an attempt to prove whether such a voyage was possible, Tim Severin and two colleagues risked their lives in a replica of the craft that, legend has it, Brendan used to make the voyage. They met all the hazards one might expect: whales, appalling seas, icebergs that could have torn their small boat apart; and they survived.
If Brendan made the same journey we shall never know, but at least TIM SEVERIN and his friends have proved that he could have. This is the film of that proving voyage.
Produced by BARROW HEPBURN FILMS Presented by DAMARIS FLETCHER Series editors
MICHAEL ANDREWS and ANTHONY ISAACS