the Little Ice Age came and lasted for 400 years or more right around the time Lief got back from Vinland and started to promote it. that plus a few more killings, a few slightly crazed immigrants, and that was about the end of it.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:00 AM Subject: Re: Some really neat northern lights photos > You know, I remember learning as a young lad, that Greenland, when it > was named, was first sighted at the one time of year when it is > actually green (those few, rare days in the summer?) and that it was > such a sight to the poor-sea-faring eyes of the discoverers, and looked > so pleasant, that they named it green land, because that was how it > looked. However, only later did they discover the truth. Wasn't the > settlement there eventually abandoned because it was so uninhabitable?
