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{{Short description|Book by Franklin W. Dixon}}

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| author = [[Franklin W. Dixon]]

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| caption = Original edition

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| author = [[Franklin W. Dixon]]

| language = [[English language|English]]

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| series = [[The Hardy Boys]]

| country = United States

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| language = [[English language| = English]]

| genre = [[Children's literature]]/[[Young adult literature]]

| publisher series = [[GrossetThe AndHardy DunlapBoys]]

| genre = [[Detective fiction|Detective]], [[mystery fiction|mystery]]

| release_date = 1963

| publisher = [[Grosset & Dunlap]]

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| pagesrelease_date = 1751963

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)

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| pages = 175 pp

| isbn = ISBN 0448089424

| isbn = 978-0-448-08942-3

| preceded_by = [[The Clue of the Screeching Owl]]

| followed_bypreceded_by = [[The MysteryClue of the AztecScreeching WarriorOwl]]

| followed_by = [[The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior]]

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'''''The Viking Symbol Mystery''''' is Volume 42 in the original [[The Hardy Boys]] book[[List seriesof Hardy Boys books#stories|Mystery Stories]] published by [[Grosset & Dunlap]].<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301818728 ''The Viking Symbol Mystery''] at [[WorldCat]]</ref>

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[[The Hardy Boys]] and [[Chet Morton]] travel to [[Canada]]'s [[Northwest Territories]] to recover a stolen [[Viking]] artifact (a [[rune stone]]).

In the end Chet helps out finding it in a loaf of [[bread]].

This book was written for the [[Stratemeyer Syndicate]] by Alistair M. Hunter in 1963.<ref name="PDF1">{{cite web| last=Keeline| first=James D| title=Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed| url=http://www.keeline.com/Hardy_Boys.pdf}}</ref>

==Plot summary==

[[Category:Hardy Boys]]

The Hardy Boys and [[Chet Morton]] travel to Canada's [[Northwest Territories]] to recover a stolen [[Viking]] artifact (a [[runestone]]). They also smash a group of thieves [[robbery|robbing]] recreational [[Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom#Hunting lodge|lodge]]s around the [[Great Slave Lake]]. They visit [[Saskatoon, Saskatchewan]]; [[Edmonton, Alberta]]; [[Fort Smith, Northwest Territories]]; [[Wood Buffalo National Park]]; and [[Hay River (Canada)|Hay River]].

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