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Enjoy.They are wonderfull. Dave Brooks > 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/ > > > > > > > > >