Norse in the North Atlantic

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Norse in the North Atlantic
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ISBN-10 : 0761871721
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Book excerpt: The North Atlantic was a hostile environment, but somehow the Viking settlers on Iceland survived while the settlers on Greenland failed. Sagas, historical sources, and archaeology are combined to answer the five hundred year old question--why?


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