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Ruins may be Viking hunting outpost in Greenland
Reuters ^ | July 28, 2008 | Alister Doyle

Posted on 07/31/2008 8:48:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Knut Espen Solberg, leader of 'The Melting Arctic' project mapping changes in the north, said the remains uncovered in past weeks in west Greenland may also be new evidence that the climate was less chilly about 1,000 years ago than it is today.

'We found something that most likely was a dock, made of rocks, for big ships up to 20-30 metres (60-90 ft) long,' he told Reuters by satellite phone from a yacht off Greenland. He said further study and carbon dating were needed to pinpoint the site's age...

Viking accounts speak of hunting stations for walrus, seals and polar bears in west Greenland. Inuit hunters also lived in the area.

In a Medieval warm period, trees and crops grew on parts of Greenland. The Vikings disappeared in the 14th century, coinciding with a little-understood shift to a cooler climate.

Solberg said that the expedition, linked to Norwegian climate research institutes and including an archaeologist, reckoned the dock was probably built by Vikings because the Inuit only used small kayaks and had no need for a large quay.

The team, which came upon the ruins during their expedition, also found remains of several small stone buildings nearby. Both Inuit and Vikings had similar building styles.

Christian Keller, a professor of archaeology at Oslo University, was quoted as telling the daily Aftenposten that the buildings were similar to Viking structures in west Norway but that the dock was unlike known Viking quays.

Any carbon dating placing the site between 900-1400 would make it 'an exciting find' from the Vikings, he said. A later date could mean it was built by European whalers in the 16th century.

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I'm amazed that evidence supporting natural climate change is discounted with the boilerplate b.s. from global warming demagogues.
1 posted on 07/31/2008 8:48:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 07/31/2008 8:49:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: SunkenCiv; zot

Yep, the planet’s been warmer than now and colder than now. Only the “now” generation thinks that “now” is the permanent normal.


3 posted on 07/31/2008 8:51:50 AM PDT by GreyFriar
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To: GreyFriar

Whoops, lost my tag line


4 posted on 07/31/2008 8:53:02 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead (3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87))
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To: SunkenCiv
The engines on 60 to 90 foot ships could cause global warming. The vikings ran out of oil and the earth cooled. What's so hard to understand? Any US school text book would probably say pretty much the same thing. Or soon will.
5 posted on 07/31/2008 8:53:48 AM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: SunkenCiv

Now if it were carbon dated to 600-800 AD, it would validate Mowat’s belief that the Vikings weren’t the first Europeans to colonize the West coast of Greenland or North America.


6 posted on 07/31/2008 8:56:03 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("I ain't freaking, I ain't faking it. Shu' up and let me go!")
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To: SunkenCiv
Knut Espen Solberg, leader of 'The Melting Arctic' project mapping changes in the north, said the remains uncovered in past weeks in west Greenland may also be new evidence that the climate was less chilly about 1,000 years ago than it is today.

And as with the mental midgets of today, many masquerading as scientists, if the "leaders" then had as much press as they do now, they would decide that that was the "proper" world temperature or the world would end.

History has never had a shortage of idiots. Just increased means of exposure for the usual tiny percentage who are.

7 posted on 07/31/2008 9:01:13 AM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I am certain that these findings will not be reported widely in the news media - for it will prove that at one time Greenland was actually settled and GREEN! Amazing, isn’t it? Who would have believed it? Not Al Gore. Perhaps the historians were telling fables when they wrote about the Vikings in Greenland.

Any proof of actual settlements must be hushed up!


8 posted on 07/31/2008 9:01:16 AM PDT by Gumdrop
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, if they built docks under glaciers, wouldn’t that mean they had subs? Oh, no wait....

LMAO here.

Thanks, SC for another great article!


9 posted on 07/31/2008 9:03:06 AM PDT by gardengirl
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To: SunkenCiv
Global warming is the perfect issue for the left, enabling them to regulate every aspect of the economy and personal life, all in the name of "the environment" and "saving the planet."

The won't give up on the issue until the next little ice age - or its big daddy.

10 posted on 07/31/2008 9:07:24 AM PDT by colorado tanker (Number nine, number nine, number nine . . .)
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To: SunkenCiv
We found something that most likely was a dock, made of rocks,

But it wasn't a rock
It was a ROCK LOBSTA!

11 posted on 07/31/2008 9:12:56 AM PDT by lesser_satan (Cthulu '08! Why vote for the lesser evil?)
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To: SunkenCiv
A later date could mean it was built by European whalers in the 16th century

So, it was also warmer some 500 years ago. I wonder how many other times?

12 posted on 07/31/2008 9:13:25 AM PDT by doodad
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To: CholeraJoe

Farley Mowat? What is the belief; I am not familiar with it.


13 posted on 07/31/2008 9:15:46 AM PDT by doodad
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To: Gumdrop

How come all the polar bears did not die then? I suppose the Icelandic Althing (assembly) put them on the endangered list and banned town-burning on all plunder trips.


14 posted on 07/31/2008 9:16:58 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: SunkenCiv

There is also the possibility the quay was made by the Chinese. They had quite a presence on what is now Cape Breton Island, according to Paul Chiasson who authored The Island Of Seven Cities.

That might account for the differences in the quay described in the article.


15 posted on 07/31/2008 9:34:09 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: SunkenCiv

have you noticed that EVERY article on climate MUST have the obligatory tag line in there somewhere about man made GW. It’s almost like the writers need some kind of holy incantation to protect themselves against being accused of being heretics. Very eerie IMHO.


16 posted on 07/31/2008 9:44:10 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: SunkenCiv

I guess the Vikings were driving SUVs around Greenland. I believe the best selling SUV was the Fjord!


17 posted on 07/31/2008 9:45:27 AM PDT by MaineConservative (Charlie Summers -- an Iraqi Vet and businessman for Maine's CD-1)
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To: SunkenCiv
...the remains uncovered in past weeks in west Greenland may also be new evidence that the climate was less chilly about 1,000 years ago than it is today.

So when it started getting cold they moved to Minnesota and built a domed stadium?
18 posted on 07/31/2008 9:52:51 AM PDT by The Lumster (paranoia strikes deep...into your heart it will creep.....)
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To: SunkenCiv
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In a Medieval warm period, trees and crops grew on parts of Greenland. The Vikings disappeared in the 14th century, coinciding with a little-understood shift to a cooler climate.
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LITTLE-UNDERSTOOD?? But hardly a week passes without some sell-funded scientist assuring us that their current model just proves beyond any doubt that we must reorder human life on a grand scale or WE WILL ALL DIE!

Yet, we find buried in an al-Reuters piece that a very important change in the global climate is LITTLE-UNDERSTOOD.

The wheels are coming off AGW while we watch.

19 posted on 07/31/2008 10:03:59 AM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: theBuckwheat

sell-funded => well-funded


20 posted on 07/31/2008 10:04:34 AM PDT by theBuckwheat
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