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Julia Hager
Norse settlers living in Greenland mainly used driftwood to build houses and ships, but some allowed themselves a little luxury in the form of imported wood
Dr. Michael Wenger
According to recent results, the Vikings were driven out of southern Greenland not because of decreasing temperatures, but because of increasing drought.
Excessive hunting of walruses by Vikings who settled in Greenland was one of the factors that led to the collapse of their settlements in the 15th century.
With the arrival of the Vikings to Iceland 1,100 years ago, walruses were probably hunted to extinction.
