A look at the history of Greenland, from Viking raiders to Donald Trump
The Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas. The Norsemen established two settlements that had a peak population of 2,500-5,000 but disappeared around 1450 for unknown reasons.
Greenland is the world’s largest island, spanning more than 835,000 square miles, with around almost 80% of that land covered by ice caps and glaciers. The inhabitable, ice-free areas of the ...
The Kingdom of Denmark began colonizing Greenland in the early 18th century, hundreds of years after Vikings from the same distant land first arrived to set up residency. It was not until World ...
Greenland’s prime minister issued a harsh ... “Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenlandic for “Land of the People,” or “land of the Greenlanders”) is ours,” Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede ...
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland's prime minister ... using Greenlandic for the “Land of the People” or the “Land of the Greenlanders.” Egede added: “We don’t want to be Americans ...
As Trump vows to acquire Greenland 'one way or another,' PM Egede ... using Greenlandic for the “Land of the People” or the “Land of the Greenlanders.”Egede added: “We don’t want ...
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