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The major sea currents run towards north here

• kzrdude 5y ago
  And they had no base nearby to launch from. Go back home and stock up? Noo.. home was Greenland, there's no riches there, and they went to Vinland to try to stock up.
  • throwaway0a5e 5y ago
    Greenland wasn't a frozen wasteland back then. The climate was warmer. Climate change is a large part of what drove the Norse out of Greenland.
    • kzrdude 5y ago
      It was no paradise
    • thehappypm 5y ago
      Wasn’t this during the Little Ice Age?