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Vikings may have fled Greenland to escape rising seas

A rapidly changing climate might have brought an end to Nordic life on the island

image of the remains of a church on a hillside in Greenland

An account of a wedding that took place at this former church in 1408 is the last written record from the Norse occupation of Greenland.

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By Freda Kreier

- More than 2 years ago

In 1721, a Norwegian missionary set sail for Greenland in the hopes of converting the Viking descendants living there to Protestantism.