Solar storm confirms Vikings settled in North America exactly 1,000 years ago
Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before Columbus
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Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before Columbus
Tree ring evidence of an ancient solar storm enables scientists to pinpoint the exact year of Norse settlement
Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada's island of Newfoundland, evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first.
More than 470 years before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, Vikings established a settlement in what is now Newfoundland, a new study has concluded.
Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada's island of Newfoundland, evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first.