Why the Norse Left Greenland According to Icelandic literature, Erik the
Red arrived in what is now known as
Greenland in roughly 985. Other Norse
soon joined him, creating a thriving
civilization consisting of two settlements
and thousands of people. By the mid-
1400s, the Norse had completely
disappeared from Greenland a puzzle
that can be pieced together by looking at
climate data from the time period,
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The Norse's arrival in Greenland
corresponded with the beginning of the
Medieval Warm Period. Temperatures