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7th century is the beginning of the Viking Age as it was close to the global warming peak of the first millennium. The waters at those high latitudes became su
by trhway 5y ago
7th century is the beginning of the Viking Age as it was close to the global warming peak of the first millennium. The waters at those high latitudes became survivable for people in open boats, and similar to Greenland back then, the warmest part of the Antarctica probably became survivable too.
- mkl 5y agoAntarctica being survivable seems unlikely. Unlike Greenland, Antarctica has the Southern Ocean's Circumpolar Current keeping it cold: https://blog.csiro.au/explainer-how-the-antarctic-circumpolar-current-helps-keep-antarctica-frozen/ https://blog.csiro.au/explainer-how-the-antarctic-circumpola...