Calling the disappearance of medieval Norse colonies from Greenland ” a classic pattern of resource depletion,” researchers from the universities of Cambridge, Oslo, and Trondheim found that, for ...
It’s well established that Viking explorers made it to North America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus. Recently discovered evidence, however, indicates Norse sailors weren’t only the ...
The Thule Inuit people and Norse both hunted walrus in the High Arctic in the 13th century, according to a new study. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the Vikings travelled more than 6,000 kilometres to the Arctic to hunt for walrus. DNA analyses reveal that walrus ivory from Greenland was ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A pair of Web cameras providing Internet images of walruses basking on Round Island will be shut off this week at the request of Alaska Native leaders, who do not want viewers ...
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