Over a thousand years ago, the Viking leader Erik the Red discovered a new land after being exiled for murdering his neighbor ...

In addition, Trump says the US needs Greenland for "economic security". Some think that, as the ice thins in the Arctic, new ...

Greenland’s rich oil, gas and rare earth mineral reserves and its Arctic location have always been its point of attraction.

Photos show Greenland's culture, which has both Inuit and Danish influences. Its industry, cuisine, and more are shaped by ...

A statue of a Viking looms over a fjord at Qassiarsuk, site of Greenland’s first Norse settlement, founded by Erik the Red. Ciril Jazbec Sissarluttoq, just southwest of the Inuit settlement of ...

But Greenland, named by Viking adventurer Erik the Red to attract settlers, has a history of human habitation that stretches back more than 4,000 years. The self-governing region of Denmark has ...

Here are five things to know about Greenland: Inhabited by Inuits on and off for almost 4,500 years, the island was originally dubbed 'Green land' by Erik the Red, a Viking explorer who landed on ...

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...

This story appears in the June 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. A little north and west of Greenland's stormy southern tip, on a steep hillside above an iceberg-clotted fjord first ...

NUUK, Denmark — Denmark's self-governing territory of Greenland, which votes Tuesday ... the island was originally dubbed 'Green land' by Erik the Red, a Viking explorer who landed on the ...

Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson, or Eiriksson) was the second of three sons of Erik the Red, who established a settlement in Greenland after he was exiled from Iceland. Leif Erikson's story ...

But Greenland, named by Viking adventurer Erik the Red to attract settlers, has a history of human habitation that stretches back more than 4,000 years.