Current saga scholarship is wonderful ... time period that began with the Vinland contact episode, explorations, and so forth, and then after the society in Greenland got rolling and people ...

In one story, on his voyage to Greenland ... called 'Vinland', because of the abundant grapes growing there, and the general fertility of the land. In another - the Groenlendinga saga - he heard ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in North America. 5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 ...