VIking Symbols

So the Viking Symbol Mystery then. Or the Hardys trip to Great Slave Lake area in order to track down a Viking rune stone.

The stone in question is called the Horkel stone, and was brought by Leif the Viking on his one and only trip across Northern Canada. Along with a longboat and looted booty from Viking raids. The Great Slave lake is his final resting place... except Leif never existed. The closest they came was L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. 

It only exists in the story as the great McGuffin that everyone wants along with a book on Runes written by an English professor from the London Museum (which one is never specified, although we secretly hope its the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill). 

You get the whole gang tagging along this time, not just Chet Morton, but Biff Hooper and Tony Prito. Also Mr Hardy, too, takes to the great north in order to track down the crims.

There is also a French Canadien called Pierre Caron, who mainly tags along to settle his feud with Albert Dulac. Mostly says bon tonnerre. Its not a bad mystery and the boys get to learn how to pilot a float plane so they can land on the lakes around the area. 

The UK edition brings a few minor edits and expands (or mostly explains) the text in a few places. The next book is called the Missing Chums, where, we know it as the Missing Friends.

You can read it here.