Viking Exploration: Greenland's Misleading Name
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What did the Vikings find in Greenland?

  • A vast expanse of snow and ice
  • A string of verdant meadows with wildflowers (correct)
  • A desolate and windswept coastline
  • A barren and forbidding landscape
  • Where did the Vikings set up camp in Greenland?

  • In the midst of harsh winds and sparse vegetation
  • Amidst jagged, imposing cliffs protected from the elements (correct)
  • Near the vast expanse of snow and ice
  • In a desolate and windswept coastal area
  • What did the Vikings establish in Greenland?

  • A nomadic way of life without any permanent structures
  • An advanced legal system and economy
  • A small, unorganized community with no trade connections
  • A society similar to the one they had left behind in Norway (correct)
  • What was the population of the Viking settlement at its peak?

    <p>5000</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How long did the Viking settlement in Greenland prosper before disappearing?

    <p>450 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has drawn hundreds of scientists, including McGovern, to Greenland each summer?

    <p>The tantalizing mystery of the Viking settlement's disappearance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did McGovern primarily study to understand the lives and deaths of the Greenland Vikings?

    <p>The natural environment disturbances and garbage heaps</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What information did the garbage heaps provide about the lives of the Greenland Vikings?

    <p>Insight into their diet, clothing, and household items</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are ice sheets considered a treasure trove for climate scientists?

    <p>They absorb various particles from the atmosphere over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of analyzing ice-trapped particles by climate scientists?

    <p>To study historical atmospheric conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the analysis of ice samples from Greenland reveal about the temperature when the Vikings first arrived?

    <p>Anomalously higher than average for the last 1000 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did scientists qualify the period as when the Vikings had vanished?

    <p>A mini ice-age overlain on seasonal variations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where was the segment of ice sheet drilled for analysis located?

    <p>Not far from the Viking settlements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the width of the 3000-meter-long cylinder of ice extracted for analysis?

    <p>$12$ centimeters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What university houses Jim White's light stable isotope lab?

    <p>University of Colorado at Boulder</p> Signup and view all the answers

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