Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason's radio documentary on the Icelandic sagas.

Last year Richard took some time off to go to Iceland and make a radio series with his friend, writer, Kari Gislason.

The series, Saga Land, is available now as a four-episode podcast, through ABC RN's Earshot program.

Richard and Kari's trip to Iceland was a twofold mission: the first, to tell some of the stories from the sagas of Iceland.

These are the true tales of the early Viking settlers of that remote island: stories of blood feuds, of dangerous women and doomed warriors; and men and women, brothers and sisters, forced to kill the ones they love the most.

Richard and Kari travelled into Iceland's fields, streams and fjords, to tell some of these stories in the places where they unfolded a thousand years ago.

The other thing they set out to do, was to solve a family mystery involving a possible bloodline connection Kari might have to the greatest of the saga authors.

How to listen

Find the Saga Land podcast on the ABC RN website

Saga Land is also available on iTunes and other podcast platforms. Search for the ABC RN Earshot podcast.

Listen to a preview of Saga Land at the top of this page.