How did Denmark come to own Greenland? The Danish-Norwegian kingdom claimed it as a colony in the 1700s, and Denmark took ...

The name Greenland was coined by the Norse explorer Erik the Red. Exiled from Iceland for homicide, he landed there in around 982 and settled there a few years later. He chose the name to ...

We must consider a balanced, diplomatic approach and create a bridge with Greenland. We cannot afford to miss the ...

Washington has maintained a military presence on the island since World War II. The reemergence of Greenland as a major point ...

A few months ago, Greenland was quietly getting on with winter, as the territory slid deeper into the darkness that envelops the world’s northerly reaches at this time of year. But President Donald ...

Lives Lived: The federal judge Michael Boudin forged an independent path on the bench, though his rulings may have rankled ...

The Vikings reached North America but failed to establish viable colonies. The ruins of their settlement and timber from America reveal how long the Norse endured in the New World.

Discovered by Erik the Red in 982, Greenland, in 14th-15th Centuries saw Norse settlements disappear, at the onset of the Little Ice Age. In 1721, new Danish colonisation was spotted by ...

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland is having a moment in the international spotlight as U.S. President Donald Trump maneuvers to gain control of the mineral-rich Arctic territory that most people ...