Adventure Meets History - A docutainment trilogy
Click here to watch "#2 Skärgård" on PrimeVideo in the US
Click here to watch "#2 Skärgård" on PrimeVideo in the UK
Click here to watch "#1 Salt&Earth" on PrimeVideo in the US
Click here to watch "#1 Salt&Earth" on PrimeVideo in the UK
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Trailer Skärgård
The journey continues! In „Skärgård“ Claus Aktoprak continues to follow
an old route through Scandinavia’s gorgeous nature alone on his
sailboat. Episode#2 of the docutainment trilogy "The Viking Route" is
leading deep into the spectacular world of the Stockholm archipelago in
during summer, makes a stopover in the old Viking settlement of Birka in
the lake Mälaren end ends on the Åland-Islands. The movie shows, beside
the travel itself, the emotions of a long time-out and spotlights – as
already in part 1 – the ingenious navigational methods and the epic
mythology of the Vikings.
In the Danish National Archives, the description of this old sea
route is kept like a treasure. By coincidence Claus Aktoprak got aware
of this itinerary and curiosity kicked in. This document, written by
monks in Latin script, is one of the oldest and exiting sources about
navigating the Baltic sea. It mentions many places which together
forming - mostly sheltered by skerries - a sea route along the east
coast of Sweden, over the Åland-islands and Southern-Finland to Reval
(todays Tallinn). This sailing route, already used by Vikings, the
40-year-old sailboat LA MER auctioned at eBay and a kayak are the
ingredients of this new Baltic sea adventure from Claus Aktoprak through
the dreamlike archipelagos of Scandinavia.
Click here to watch "#2 Skärgård" on PrimeVideo in the US
Click here to watch "#2 Skärgård" on PrimeVideo in the UK
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Trailer Salt&Earth
Adventure Meets History - In this docutainment trilogy Claus Aktoprak is sailing single-handed on the traces of history through the dreamlike archipelagos of Sweden, the Åland-islands and Finland to Tallinn in Estonia. Following an ancient itinerary, written by monks in the 13th century, this oldest and exiting source about navigating the Baltic sea is dating back to the age of the Vikings. This sailing route, his 40 year old sailboat LA MER auctioned at eBay and a kayak are the ingredients of this new Baltic sea adventure from Claus Aktoprak through the dreamlike archipelagos of Scandinavia.
Click here to watch "#1 Salt&Earth" on PrimeVideo in the US
Click here to watch "#1 Salt&Earth" on PrimeVideo in the UK
#3 The Water is Wide will be released in Autumn 2020
