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Home / Regional / North America / Greenland / Society and Culture / History
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- Arctic Prehistory - Describes archeological research into Arctic Cultures, focus has largely been on Canadian Arctic research, but findings relate also to Alaska and Greenland cultures.
arts.uwaterloo.ca/ANTHRO/ArcticArchStuff/Prehistory.html
- Basic facts about Greenland - Describes geography, geology, language, history and other topics; provided in a comprehensive guide to Greenland, provided by the National Tourist Board.
www.greenland-guide.dk/gt/visit/green-10.htm
- Encyclopedia.com - Greenland - A quick 30 second account giving the basics of the history of Greenland. Also cites additional resources and links.
www.encyclopedia.com/articles/05389.html
- Greenland - Historical essay about Greenland, from The Catholic Encyclopedia.
www.newadvent.org/cathen/06777b.htm
- Greenland: Recent History - An account of the colonial period which extended from 1721 to constitutional beginnings of Greenland Home Rule in 1953.
www.randburg.com/gr/general/general_11.html
- History / Greenland - Descriptions of books dealing with greenland History in all periods and buying information.
www.stavar.i.se/bookstore/History_Greenland.html
- History of Medieval Greenland -
www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/5923/history/grontime.html
- Project Leif 2000 Greenland - Lists events, maps, history, settlements as well as World Heritage Site status for 1,000 year anniversary of the Viking discovery of North America.
www.greenland-guide.gl/leif2000/project.htm
- Society and History in Greenland, - A general introduction to Greenland's past and present, by Greenland Tourism, the national tourist board.
www.greenland-guide.dk/gt/visit/intro-04.htm
- The DEW LINE - Information and history about The Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, a system of radar stations in the high arctic, which had sites in Canada, Alaska and Greenland.
www2.magmacom.com/~lwilson/dewline.htm
- The G2 Expedition - Describes the longest unsupported polar expedition ever, a ski trek from South to North, along Greenland's long axis. Gives planning details, research, a day-by-day account, documentation and expedition photos.
bedrift.kvalito.no/interdata/g2
- The United States and Greenland - Comprehensive history of the United States military presence in Greenland, with related topics for Iceland and other Arctic locales. Maps, tables, photos, and arctic aviation summaries.
www.homestead.com/argumentsandfacts/usgreenland.html
- Vikings in Greenland - Gives an overview of the settlement of Greenland by Scandinavians (Vikings) in the Eleventh Century AD.
members.aol.com/bakken1/viking/vikgrn.htm
- Vikings on Greenland - Presents a brief essay about the history of the Vikings in Greenland, and their explorations further afield, with a map to show their travels.
hjem.get2net.dk/fyrkat/english/Gronland.html
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