[marron]

Am I mistaken in recalling that the Vikings settled Greenland when it was relatively "green", and disappeared after the "little ice age" set in, due apparently to isolation, disease, and possibly eskimo attack?

[Francohio]

On the money, marron. Nat Geo Special.

[GladesGuru]

Available hard data supports just what you said.

Looks like it's going to be one of those "be nice to your liberalism impaired friends" times. Life is only going to be evermore stressful for them.

[staytrue]

Am I mistaken in recalling that the Vikings settled Greenland when it was relatively "green", and disappeared after the "little ice age" set in, due apparently to isolation, disease, and possibly eskimo attack?

Your reference to eskimo attack implies that the Vikings were entitled to displace the local population (if any) and, reflects a strictly Viking/European view. A more balanced view would be "eskimos repelling an invader".

[Campion]

Absolutely correct, but add starvation to your list of causes for the end of Viking settlement in Greenland.

[pepsionice]

You are more or less correct...Greenland was a open invitation and the Vikings found the region to be fairly decent. The 'little ice age' really hindered exploration of the Atlantic...if it had not occurred...then America would be common knowledge by late 1300s.

[eddiespaghetti]

Am I mistaken in recalling that the Vikings settled Greenland when it was relatively "green", and disappeared after the "little ice age" set in, due apparently to isolation, disease, and possibly eskimo attack?

I believe that during the "Medieaval Optimum" (period of warming) Greenland was warm enough to raise cattle there; after 1300 or so, the place was not an economically viable place to live.

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