<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>pi-rat</author><text>They&amp;#x27;re finding tons of old stuff here in Norway these days, even random people hiking in the mountain stumble over 1250 year old viking swords[1], spears, arrows. Skis from the year 700 AD.. etc..&lt;p&gt;Lots of it gets documented by the Secrets of the Ice project[2].&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.pinimg.com&amp;#x2F;originals&amp;#x2F;1b&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;3f&amp;#x2F;1b253f39890eaac465f60b4d3b923aaf.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.pinimg.com&amp;#x2F;originals&amp;#x2F;1b&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;3f&amp;#x2F;1b253f39890eaac465f6...&lt;/a&gt;
[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;secretsoftheice.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;secretsoftheice.com&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Melting ice reveals a Viking-era pass in Norway’s mountains</title><url>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/melting-ice-reveals-a-lost-viking-era-pass-in-norways-mountains/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>tomohawk</author><text>It was warmer at that time than now.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&amp;#x2F;topics&amp;#x2F;earth-and-planetary-sciences&amp;#x2F;medieval-warm-period&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&amp;#x2F;topics&amp;#x2F;earth-and-planetary-sci...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The medieval warm period coincides with the viking expansion and contraction.&lt;p&gt;Edit: see response, below</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Melting ice reveals a Viking-era pass in Norway’s mountains</title><url>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/melting-ice-reveals-a-lost-viking-era-pass-in-norways-mountains/</url></story>