But Greenland, named by Viking adventurer Erik the Red to attract settlers, has a history of human habitation that stretches back more than 4,000 years. The self-governing region of Denmark has ...

A Viking called Erik the Red discovered Greenland. It was Erick’s son, Leif Erikson, who sailed even further west and became the first European to visit the Americas. Leif had heard stories of ...

The Vikings settled Greenland during a period of exceptional ... Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd., an Australian company, has discovered what may be the world's largest deposit of rare earth ...

Which are the most mysterious artifacts ever discovered in America ... There are also three abandoned Viking settlements in Greenland that visitors can go to see how they lived.

History books tell us that Christopher Columbus discovered America ... surrounded by sea ice between Greenland and Canada, ...

A paper published last year, for example, suggested that Norsemen who settled on Iceland and Greenland ventured to the ... There is still much to be discovered about the trade networks of the Viking ...

But Greenland, named by Viking adventurer Erik the Red to attract settlers, has a history of human habitation that stretches back more than 4,000 years.