I’m now in South Greenland, visiting Norse Ruins. I made it out to Eric the Red’s Farm! For me, part of the allure of the Greenland Norse Ruins is the idea of the “lost colony”. Eric the Red arrived in 985 and the Norse prospered in Greenland for four centuries, establishing over 200 hundred farms, […]
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Greenland: Down on Eric’s Farm
June 24, 2022
Greenland: The Ice Cap
June 20, 2022
I successfully made it up on to the Greenland Ice Cap on Sunday, near Kangerlussuaq. This was the Point 660 Tour with Albatros Arctic Circle. It was only the edge, but it was still great fun to visit the real Greenland Ice Cap! The surface stays jaggy and uneven for about 60 kms and […]
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