Greenland North America Regional Archaeology

An 85cm-long piece of wood unearthed in southern Greenland in 1997 is likely to be a ski that was used by Norsemen who landed on the Arctic island more than 1 000 years ago.

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• The Fate of Greenland's Vikings - From Archaeology, the disappearance of the Greenlanders has intrigued students of history for centuries.
• Wiping the snow off Greenland's oldest ski - An 85cm-long piece of wood unearthed in southern greenland Greenland in north america 1997 is likely to be a greenland ski that was used north america by Norsemen who landed greenland on the Arctic island more than north america 1 000 greenland years ago.

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