One of the ports is Qaqortoq, the largest town in southern Greenland. Sailing from Iceland, the ship followed in the footsteps of Eric the Red, a Norseman who settled this area in 982. As Eric was ...

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

Greenland is the world’s largest island and home to more than 56,000 ... sitting between the US and Europe. Its capital city Nuuk is closer to New York than it is to Denmark’s capital Copenhagen.

As Eric was exiled from Iceland, he made his home here and called it Greenland. Some 80% of the island is covered by icecap and the remaining parts do not appear very green either. According to ...