Participants dressed as Vikings pose by a long boat in the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on January 31, 2017. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 “guizers” (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it alight later in the evening. (Photo by Andy Buchanan/AFP Photo)





Participants dressed as Vikings eat breakfast as they prepare to participate in the annual Up Helly Aa festival on January 31, 2017 in Lerwick, Scotland. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 “guizers” (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it alight later in the evening. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Participants dressed as Vikings eat breakfast as they prepare to participate in the annual Up Helly Aa festival on January 31, 2017 in Lerwick, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





The Guizer Jarl, Lyle Gairmand his Jarl Squad march through the streets of Lerwick on January 31, 2017, in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The traditional festival of fire is known as “Up Helly Aa”. The spectacular event takes place annually on the last Tuesday of January. The climax of the day comes with participants in full costume hauling a Viking longboat through the streets of Lerwick to the edge of town where up to 1000 people parade and throw their flaming torches into the galley. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Members of the Jarl Squad visit the British Legion as they march through the streets of Lerwick on January 31, 2017 in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Wire)





Members of the Jarl Squad march through the streets of Lerwick on January 31, 2017 in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





The Jarl squad begin to light torches at the culmination of Up Hell Aa on January 31, 2017 in Lerwick, Shetland. The traditional festival of fire, known as Up Helly Aa, takes place annually on the last Tuesday of January. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Participants dressed as Vikings carry torches as they march in procession before burning their viking galley ship at the culmination of the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on January 31, 2017. (Photo by Andy Buchanan/AFP Photo)





Guzier Jarl Lyall Gair and his Jarl throw their torches onto the galley on January 31, 2017 in Lerwick, Shetland. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Guzier Jarl Lyall Gair and his Jarl throw their torches onto the galley on January 31, 2017 in Lerwick, Shetland. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Wire)





Guzier Jarl Lyall Gair and his Jarl throw their torches onto the galley on January 31, 2017 in Lerwick, Shetland. The traditional festival of fire, known as Up Helly Aa, takes place annually on the last Tuesday of January. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)