Here are a few things you may want to read/watch more about:

• Controversy about size of the membership of Newfoundland native band (The Globe and Mail, 2014)
• Explorer Helge Ingstad (read his obituary in the New York Times) and his wife Anne Stine discovered the Viking site at L’Ainse aux Meadows (UNESCO citation), giving credence to the sagas of Lief Ericsson. The Born Yesterday podcast also deals with this topic
• A review of Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky (New York Times)
• An account of explorer John Cabot and his ‘discovery’ of “New Found Land” in the name of the English King in 1497
• Article on early trade with Newfoundland and its fisheries, particularly the triangular trade with Europe. George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore is mentioned.
• A huge amount of useful information and articles are available on the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage website; such as desciptions of explorations inland in the 18th and 19th centuries, or Newfoundland customs (the latter article by our guest Dr Philip Hiscock)
• Here’s Dr Hiscock talking about Newfoundland language and folklore on the Living Heritage podcast
• UpAlong.org also has some helpful information
• “Tracing the Irish: a geographical guide” by John Mannion describes the Irish settlement patterns in Newfoundland
• An account of the last full-blooded Beothuk woman Shawnadithit
• Vanished in the Mists – a documetary about Newfoundland
• Website dealing with Newfoundland’s regiment entering World War 1
• Don’t Tell the Newfoundlanders by Greg Malone; book dealing with the contentious period of Newfoundland being somewhat coerced into joining Canada
• The 1981 Radharc documentary “The Forgotten Irish in Newfoundland” can be watched on RTÉ’s Archive website
• The Brothers Byrne – a documentary about two brothers affected by the controversial 1960s Canadian government resettlement program, with nice music and interviews
• NBC Documentary on “Operation Yellow Ribbon” and Gander Airport during 9/11 is well worth a watch – it’s a fascinating story
• The really useful discussion we had on Reddit with locals, where they pointed us in the right direction

There is a lot of music (particularly Irish-inspired folk), some examples of which we would recommend if you enjoyed what you heard in the episode:

• “Heave Away“ – Fables
• “I’s the Boy that builds the boat” – Great Big Sea; I also recommend their version of “Donkey Riding”
• “The Old Fisherman’s Song” by Wayne Morgan (about the cod moratorium); “She Gone Boys, She’s Gone” is on a similar theme
• “North Atlantic Squadron” a world war-era song performed by Stompin’ Tom Collins (a more risqué version by MacLean & MacLean also exists, NSFW)
• “Feller from Fortune” Maura Volante
• A list of typical Newfoundland songs by Kim Stockwood
• Some further songs listed on Free Candie

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