Erik the Red, exiled from Norway and Iceland, discovered and named Greenland around 985 AD. His strategic naming attracted settlers from Iceland, establishing two major settlements. These Norse ...

Erik the Red, whose real name was Erik Thorvaldsson, was a Viking explorer who turned a remote Arctic island into a Norse settlement that lasted for h.

New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.

Warren Frye on “The Saga of the Earls of Orkney,” edited and translated by Judith Jesch.

After being inhabited only by Indigenous peoples for centuries, the Arctic island saw the Vikings in the 10th century and the Danes in 1721, and it attracted American interest back in 1867.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mostly icy island of Greenland has been a part of a centuries-long marketing campaign, resulting in a puzzling name with a ...

It’s been a month of incredulity for world citizens. To be honest, it’s been months rather. Powerful world leaders are ...

The vast, icy island is accessible without the need for polar explorer gear, especially along the southern and western coasts. However, it’s best to visit its villages and fjords with specialized agen ...

There were some fraught days when U.S. President Donald Trump was threatening to use a big stick to take the icy island away from the melancholy Danes, but the situation ...

New books from George Saunders (“Vigil”), Poppy Kuroki (“Passage to Tokyo”), Thrity Umrigar (“Missing Sam“), Nikesha Elise ...