RE: Alt. Hist. request, Vikings make a go of the "New World"?
May 2, 2018 at 1:48 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2018 at 1:55 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
As a self sufficient then-modern colony? Not much. The capacity of the island, then..wasn't much more than a few thousand people and that;s after the land was improved for agriculture. The growing season was short, what could be grown severely limited, and it conflicted with the hunting season. Both were required to maintain that population above. The majority of greenlands product and export is and has always been marine product, it's 89% today. Further, there has never been a society on greenland that didn't depend on import of goods. Their top three imports are machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods....and food.
Consider this, Global Warming is a solution to their massive food problem. Global Cooling only exacerbated it.
Consider this, Global Warming is a solution to their massive food problem. Global Cooling only exacerbated it.
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