does anyone have the link for those photos? rg2 *PENTAX SAMURAI* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 6:39 AM Subject: RE: Some really neat northern lights photos
> Greenland got populated by the Scandinavian Vikings a thuosand years ago. I > guess the Vikings got there during summer, where the coastal areas appeared > quite green. Remember that the climate at that time was considerably warmer > than it is today. Greenland is up to this day still a part of the Kingdom of > Denmark. > > Erik the Red, was a Norwegian Viking (actually rebbel an a murderer - a kind > of an outlaw - a refugee from Norway and Iceland) left Norway to go to > Island and later moved on to Greenland. On a trip to Greenland in 985 he > missed Greenland and reached North America, which was then called Wineland, > because they found wine plants there (somewhere in todays Canada, I > believe). The first European to see North America was a man from Iceland, > travelling with Erik the Red. His name was Bjarni Herjolfsson. Actually he > dissovered North America, not Christoffer Columbus, who got there about 500 > years later. Erik the Red Never reached America himself but wnt back to > Greenland. His son Leif the Happy, got to America 10-14 years later. They > never really established a Viking coloni there, because the native > population (indian, inuit) was giving them a very hard time. So, it was in > fact the Vikings who "discovered" America. After that the world was never > the same... > > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 4. december 2004 05:37 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: Some really neat northern lights photos > > > On Dec 2, 2004, at 10:29 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I always thought that "Greenland" was an early example of false > > advertizing in the attempt to make people move there :-) > > Probably named by the guy who invented the greenhouse. > > Cheers, > > - Dave (we call them glasshouses here) > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > > >
