Home Leif's boat with Thorfinn and Einar aboard arrives at Thorfinn's village in Iceland, but no-one recognizes him, not even his sister Ylva. However Thorfinn's mother Helga verifies who he is and eventually he is accepted back into the family and his village. He recounts the major events of his life over the sixteen years that he has been away and how it has effected him. He explains that he wants to travel to Vinland and create a peaceful land and receives his mother's blessing. Leif offers to help financially and they begin to prepare for the journey.