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SUMMARY:Tuesdays at Ten | Voyage of the Vikings
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join Fred Christensen for a six-week journ
 ey to the lands and people of the North Atlantic. Two month-long cruises h
 ave produced spectacular pictures\, interesting information\, and unforget
 table memories of countries shaped by the Norse heritage of a thousand yea
 rs ago.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>September 12: From Boston to Labrador&mdas
 h\;rugged landscapes and whaling villages.</p>\n<p>September 19: Greenland
 &mdash\;glaciers and the Norse and Inuit heritage.</p>\n<p>September 26: I
 celand&mdash\;spectacular waterfalls and friendly people.</p>\n<p>October 
 3: Norway and Denmark&mdash\;the homelands of the Vikings.</p>\n<p>October
  10: Scotland&mdash\;rugged scenery from Britain's northern tip to the She
 tlands.</p>\n<p>October 17: Newfoundland&mdash\;a visit to L'Anse aux Mead
 ows\, the Norse settlement in the New World.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>About the pr
 esenter:</p>\n<p>Fred Christensen is a former history instructor at Univer
 sity of Kentucky and ROTC instructor at University of Illinois\, and spent
  eight years teaching the Army&rsquo\;s Command and General Staff Course. 
 Fred spent 28 years in the US Army Reserves (including 5 years of active d
 uty)\, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1997. He retired in 2007 from t
 he University of Illinois Admissions and Records office where he was in ch
 arge of issuing all diplomas for graduates and of maintaining graduate rec
 ords for PhD candidates.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Since retirement\, he has taught a
 dult-education classes for 15 years at the University of Illinois OLLI (Os
 her Lifelong Learning Institute) program. His passion for the study of his
 tory and archaeology has contributed to these classes and their content. O
 ther accomplishments include teaching for Parkland College&rsquo\;s Commun
 ity Education program and serving as president of ECIAS (East Central Illi
 nois Archaeological Society) for the last seven years. His wife Judie is a
  retired librarian from the Champaign Public Library. In his free time\, h
 e enjoys spending time with his wonderful son and daughter-in-law and thei
 r three amazing grandchildren.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://champaign.libnet.info/e
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