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ﾃ行lendingur (ship)
''ﾃ行lendingur'' (, "Icelander") is a replica of the Gokstad viking ship and was sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 2000. It is on display at the Viking World museum in Njarﾃｰvﾃｭk, Reykjanesbﾃｦr, Iceland. The ship was built in 1996 by Gunnar Marel Eggertsson, a shipwright from the Westman Islands who skippered the Norwegian Gokstad ship copy ''Gaia'' on her voyage to Washington, D.C. in 1991.Voyage of the ''Islendingur'' Press Release, Government of , 27 April 2000. ''ﾃ行lendingur'' measures 22.5 metres in length, 5.3 metres in breadth, has a draught of 1.7 metres and measuress 80 |
L'Anse Aux Meadows
L'Anse aux Meadows ( lit. Meadows Cove) is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony. With carbon dating estimates between 990窶1050 CE, tree-ring analysis dating to the year 1021 and a mean carbon date of 1014 overall, L'Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact of Europeans with the Americas outside of Greenland. It is notable as evidence of the Norse presence in North America and for its possible connection with Leif Erikson as mentioned in the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red, which were written down in the 13th century. Archaeological evidence found at the site indicates that L窶僊nse aux Meadows may have served as a base camp for Norse exploration of North America, including regions to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland And Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2021, the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 521,758. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador borders the province of Quebec, and the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0 per cent of residents reported English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most linguistically homogeneous province. A majority of the population is descended from English and Irish s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brattahlﾃｭﾃｰ
Brattahlﾃｭﾃｰ (), often anglicised as Brattahlid, was Erik the Red's estate in the Eastern Settlement Viking colony he established in south-western Greenland toward the end of the 10th century. The present settlement of Qassiarsuk, approximately southwest from the Narsarsuaq settlement, is now located in its place. The site is located about from the ocean, at the head of the Tunulliarfik Fjord, and hence sheltered from ocean storms. Erik and his descendants lived there until about the mid-15th century. The name ''Brattahlﾃｭﾃｰ'' means "the steep slope". The estate, along with other archeological sites in southwestern Greenland, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017 as Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap. Church At Brattahlﾃｭﾃｰ stood probably the first European church in the Americas: ﾃ柬ﾃｳﾃｰhildarkirkja (Thjodhild's church, actually a small chapel). A recent reconstruction of this chapel now stands at a distance from the act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Farewell, Greenland
Cape Farewell ( kl, Nunap Isua; da, Kap Farvel) is a headland on the southern shore of Egger Island, Nunap Isua Archipelago, Greenland. As the southernmost point of the country, it is one of the important landmarks of Greenland. Geography Located at , excluding small offshore islets, this cape is the southernmost extent of Greenland, projecting out into the North Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea on the same latitude as St Petersburg, Oslo and the Shetland Islands. Egger and the associated minor islands are known as the Cape Farewell Archipelago. The area is part of the Kujalleq municipality. King Frederick VI Coast stretches from Cape Farewell to Pikiulleq Bay (former spelling 'Pikiutdleq') in the north along the eastern coast of Greenland. See also *List of countries by southernmost point This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land. Where borders are contested, the southernmost point under the control of a nation is listed, excluding points within Anta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik The Red
Erik Thorvaldsson (), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first settlement in Greenland. He most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard. According to Icelandic sagas, he was born in the Jﾃｦren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson. One of Erik's sons was the well-known Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson. Personal life Early life Erik Thorvaldsson was born in Rogaland, Norway in 950 CE. He was the son of Thorvald Asvaldson (also spelled Osvaldson). As a method of conflict resolution that subsequently became something of a family custom, Erik the Red's father, Thorvald Asvaldsson, was banished from Norway for manslaughter. He sailed west from Norway with his family, including 10-year-old Erik, and settled in Hornstrandir in northwestern Iceland, where he eventually died before 1000 CE. Marriage and family Erik married ﾃ柬ﾃｳdhild Jorund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eirﾃｭksstaﾃｰir
Eirﾃｭksstaﾃｰir () is the former homestead of Eirﾃｭkr ﾃ柞rvaldsson, known as Erik the Red, in Haukadalur in the Dalasﾃｽsla region of Iceland. It was the birthplace of his son Leif Eirﾃｭksson, the first known European discoverer of the Americas. A site thought to be that of the original farm has been investigated by archaeologists and remains of two buildings dating to the 9th窶10th centuries have been identified. An open-air museum has been established nearby. Historical record According to ''Landnﾃ｡mabﾃｳk'' and the ''Saga of Erik the Red'', after first settling in Vestfirﾃｰir, Eirﾃｭkr married ﾃ柬ﾃｳﾃｰhildur Jﾇｫrundardﾃｳttir and established the farm of Eirﾃｭksstaﾃｰir near the Vatnshorn in Haukadalur. His son Leifr was born there, but Eirﾃｭkr had to leave the area after killing two men in revenge for the deaths of two of his thralls. Archaeological investigations A number of archaeological investigations have been carried out at what is thought to be the site of Eirﾃｭksstaﾃｰir (now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bﾃｺﾃｰardalur
Bﾃｺﾃｰardalur () is a village situated on the Hvammsfjﾃｶrﾃｰur in the north-west of Iceland. The village also lies at the north-eastern end of the Snﾃｦfellsnes peninsula and is part of the municipality of Dalabyggﾃｰ. Bﾃｺﾃｰardalur had about 270 inhabitants in 2014 and is a service center for the area, including the regional tourist information centre.Frank Jacobs"The Map as Address: Cryptic Letter Reaches Icelandic Destination" ''The Big Think'', 4 September 2016.Andrew Evans, ''Iceland'', 2nd ed. Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England: Bradt Travel Guides, 2011, p. 276 In the traditional system of counties of Iceland that existed until the late 1980s, it was part of Dalasﾃｽsla, a name that is still used for the region. Overview Bﾃｺﾃｰardalur contains a supermarket and a petrol station, hair salons, a pub/restaurant, a coffee shop, a health-care centre, an off-licence, a garage and a craft shop; the information centre is in the same building as a cafe and a museum on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weblog
A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page. Until 2009, blogs were usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject or topic. In the 2010s, "multi-author blogs" (MABs) emerged, featuring the writing of multiple authors and sometimes professionally edited. MABs from newspapers, other media outlets, universities, think tanks, advocacy groups, and similar institutions account for an increasing quantity of blog traffic. The rise of Twitter and other "microblogging" systems helps integrate MABs and single-author blogs into the news media. ''Blog'' can also be used as a verb, meaning ''to maintain or add content to a blog''. The emergence and growth of blogs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic National Day
Icelandic National Day ( is, ﾃ柬ﾃｳﾃｰhﾃ｡tﾃｭﾃｰardagurinn, the day of the nation's celebration) is an annual holiday in Iceland which commemorates the foundation of The Republic of Iceland on 17 June 1944. This date also marks the end of Iceland's centuries old ties with Denmark. The date was chosen to coincide with the birthday of Jﾃｳn Sigurﾃｰsson, a major figure of Icelandic culture and the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement. ''Icelandic Review'' 6/17/2013 History The formation of the republic was based on a clause in the 1918[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykjavﾃｭk
Reykjavﾃｭk ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflﾃｳi bay. Its latitude is 64ﾂｰ08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a population of around 131,136 (and 233,034 in the Capital Region), it is the centre of Iceland's cultural, economic, and governmental activity, and is a popular tourist destination. Reykjavﾃｭk is believed to be the location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which, according to Landnﾃ｡mabﾃｳk, was established by Ingﾃｳlfr Arnarson in 874 CE. Until the 18th century, there was no urban development in the city location. The city was officially founded in 1786 as a trading town and grew steadily over the following decades, as it transformed into a regional and later national centre of commerce, population, and governmental activities. It is among the cleanest, greenest, and safest cities in the world. History According to lege ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinland
Vinland, Vineland, or Winland ( non, Vﾃｭnland 癩癪≪埓癪壯寉癩ｾ癪) was an area of coastal North America explored by Vikings. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 AD, nearly five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot. The name appears in the Vinland Sagas, and describes Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence as far as northeastern New Brunswick. Much of the geographical content of the sagas corresponds to present-day knowledge of transatlantic travel and North America. In 1960, archaeological evidence of the only known Norse site in North America, L'Anse aux Meadows, was found on the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland. Before the discovery of archaeological evidence, Vinland was known only from the sagas and medieval historiography. The 1960 discovery further proved the pre-Columbian Norse exploration of mainland North America. L'Anse aux Meadows has been hypothesized to be the camp '' Straumfjﾃｶrﾃｰ'' mentioned in the ''Saga of Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
