It was a marketing gimmick. Greenland was as much glaciated as now except there were a couple pockets on the south shore that were ice-free enough for some hardy farmers to try it. It's still a topic around the family dinner table: Eric was marginal.
Thank God. I’m hoping that Fat Albert winning the NPP is the equivalent of pulling the thread that unravels the NPP foolishness and the global warming hysteria. (with apologies in advance for the mixed metaphors)