To: JustDoItAlways
Greenland has been frozen over for about 15 million years, ever since continental drift moved the island/continent close enough to the North Pole. Why is it called Greenland?
18 posted on
01/27/2007 7:03:16 PM PST by
jimmyray
To: jimmyray
Why is it called Greenland?
Because the warmer climate of a thousand or so years ago left much of the southern coasts ice free. It's had an ice cap for millions of years.
19 posted on
01/27/2007 7:09:39 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
To: jimmyray
"Why is it called Greenland?"
When the first map was created, the mapmaker had Greenland and Iceland confused.
Apparently this persons heir later worked for the Gore campaign in Florida and was the reason for the butterfly ballot fiasco.
43 posted on
01/28/2007 8:55:23 AM PST by
EQAndyBuzz
(The Clintons: A Malignant Malfeasance of the Most Morbid)
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