Vikings In Canada

[Gary Oak]

http://zen-haven.com/evidence-of-viking ... in-canada/

It appears that the Vikings did travel quite extensively in Canada a thousand years ago

[Blue Frost]

They had settlements in Newfoundland but many starved, and died from the elements. For some reason it took many years before they started doing as the native peoples.
I think they didn't want to lower themselves to their level
Many of the migrants was told of rich lands for cattle, but failed to read the travel brochures fine print

[Gary Oak]

Were the Vikings actually on Baffin or were these simply traded materials that have been found there. The Inuit used to travel quite extensively.

..If Patricia Sutherland

[Blue Frost]

I would bet traders went to Baffin, and explorers, they went all over the place up there. Many never stayed unless they found a good reason, or was exiled like Leaf Erickson, and Eric the Red.
Most wanted grazing land for cattle, and Baffin might not be a place for that, or trees, they loved lumber for back home.

[Tribrid Vampire]

I have seen How to train your dragon.

[Blue Frost]

[Gary Oak]

http://news.ku.dk/all_news/2012/2012.11 ... _on_seals/

Look at this. There were Vikings in Greenland until about 500 years ago ! Doesn't this mean that there were Vikings on Greenland when Columbas sailed accross the Altlantic in 1492 ? Doesn't this mean that the vikings were in North America as long as we have been here as Columbas came here in 1492 ,520 years ago. There must have been at least some interbreeding with eskimo girls as some of them look really gorgeous.

[Blue Frost]

Columbus is a joke put on us all, he landed on an Island, and not even on the mainland. A few explorers found the Americas before him, and many before written time is my guess .

Funny story, the Vikings was migrants to Greenland because they was told there was good pastures for cattle, and warm.
The travel brochure with Greenland posted on it made it sound nice, but it was actually a harsh place to live. Many died, and many left when they could.

[Gary Oak]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 21522.html

This article states that the Vikings MAY have made it to America. Obviously this writer doesn't know his topic very well then as it is a very well known fact that they did. It is interesting that some scientists now believe that the Vikings sunstone did exist and that it would have been used and needed to cross the Atlantic

[Blue Frost]

I saw that last evening, pretty cool find, but it looks like a piece of quartz to me.

[Gary Oak]

I just watched a two hour documentary coincidentally last night which covered this sight in South Newfoundland and all the other topics covered in this article. It was very interesting.

View From Space Hints at a New Viking Site in North America

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/scien ... .html?_r=2

[Blue Frost]

I posted on that the other day, it's interesting. Funny how they ignore other stuff that's proved they where here.
I wouldn't doubt that monks got here before them, Vikings have pulled up on land to find them there first.

[Gary Oak]

I bet that there is some Viking DNA in some of the Inuit of Greenland and possibly in Newfoundland and in the high arctic. I also imagine that many successfully moved back from Greenland. It would been so amazing if some had been able to hold out all these centuries.


Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish?

Newly discovered evidence is upending our understanding of how early settlers made a life on the island — and why they suddenly disappeared

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[Blue Frost]

My guess is between the 1300s, and mid 1800s it was a bit harsh from the little ice age, and famine we had so they migrated away from Greenland.

[Gary Oak]

This is short and interesting.

[Blue Frost]

Maybe if they would not have attacked first they could have been more peaceful, and shared cultures.
I noticed I didn't here anything about the cheese they gave the Indians.