New studies show Norse Vikings and Arctic Native Americans (or Indigenous peoples) traded walrus ivory in Greenland.

The Vikings landed in what is now Newfoundland, Canada around the year A.D. 1000. So why didn't they colonize the region like ...

Viking Age Norse people seeking walrus ivory in the High Arctic may have encountered Indigenous North Americans hundreds of ...

Hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus arrived in North America, Viking Age Norse people may have encountered ...

The Norse were trading walrus tusks in medieval Europe that have now been traced to the very top of Greenland – well beyond the reach traditionally associated with this seafaring civilization.

The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland. ScienceDaily . Retrieved October 21, 2024 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 09 / 240930122949.htm ...

Vikings played a significant role in the global walrus ivory trade, traveling long distances and interacting with Arctic ...

It’s well established that Viking explorers made it to North America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus. Recently discovered evidence, however, indicates Norse sailors weren’t only ...

Ultimately, the combination of limited interest, conflict with Indigenous groups, and logistical hurdles led the Vikings to forgo colonising North America. Their brief forays into the region serve as ...

this drove the Norse expansion into the north Atlantic to Iceland and then Greenland; as they looked for new sources of ivory. "What really surprised us was that much of the walrus ivory exported ...

discovering that the Norse and Arctic Indigenous peoples likely interacted and exchanged walrus ivory in the far northern regions of Greenland, centuries before Christopher Columbus arrived in the ...

Viking’s contemporary Polar Class expedition ships Octantis and Polaris are purpose-built for expeditions with superior ...