Have any of you ever been to Greenland before?

Flew over it one time & I can tell you it's not very green. 😆

Erik the Red called it Greenland to trick people into going there.

But he didn't discover it. Everyone already knew it was covered with ice, before he even got there. Somehow it caught on to lie to people and say it was green. Some kind of inside joke maybe.

But the joke was on all the Europeans who tried to live there, the land could not sustain them. They were wiped out by bad nutrition within three generations. Only the fish eating Inuit could live there, not land people.

I overnighted in Thule on the way somewhere else back maybe ‘90 or ‘91. We were weathered out of our final destination. All I remember is partying in one of the local bars and then migrating onto a Coast Guard ship moored in the harbour for $0.25 beers out of a vending machine. Thule was similar to most of the many other Arctic communities I’d visited - pretty rough around the edges. It has a very long runway and massive fuel storage facilities built during the Cold War for use by US Strategic Air Command in defence of North America against an over the North Pole attack by the sneaky Russkies.

No Greenland, but ran a race in Iceland 3:43 1500.

I was there very briefly. Had to leave in a rush.

The north pole migrates every year, so it's hard to prepare defenses against an attack over it.

Hopefully, if Donald Trump defeats Biden next November he will reopen negotiations to purchase Greenland. A win win for everyone.

Make Greenland Part of the Red, White, and Blue!

Greenland ain’t no dreamland

Well, it's not THE most successful lie ever told.

It used be snow white land, but after human occupation and challenges of maintaining well functioning plumbing systems, there was so much cacca dropped out in the open that now it’s more like beige land going on brown. Even the polar bears are schitty brown.

GREENland ain’t no DREAMland!

Wowwwww

Not only have I never been to Greenland, I've never been to Boston in the fall.

No but Orange Man God

It was greener then, during the Medieval Warming Period, than it is today. (Libs/climate change lovers will downvote this, but for those actually curious, do a quick DuckDuckGo or Perplexity search)

There was a Medieval Warming Period. But it was particular to Europe and was not a worldwide phenomenon.

Based upon signs left by old glaciers, researchers say the climate was already cold when the Norse arrived—and that climate thus probably played little role in their mysterious demise some 400 years later. On a larger scale, the study adds to building evidence that the so-called Medieval Warm Period, when Europe enjoyed exceptionally clement weather, did not necessarily extend to other parts of the world.

The land is always greener on the Denmark’s side.

All you losers just wish you could afford to live in Greenland. I went for an epic 8 mile snow shoe today, then wandered down to the local tavern had a musk ox burger and an appetizer of burnt tips of reindeer. Picked up a local hottie (you would not believe the leg warmers on this one) and brought her back to my igloo tonight. You suckers just wish you could afford to live in Greenland.

Actually, the South portion of Greenland was significantly more green in the late 900's when Erik hit those shores. People still farm and raise sheep there, in fact. And it's theorized that our boy Erik WANTED people to move and settle in Greenland- a bit of cheeky marketing.

Though, point taken- the vast majority (75%-ish?) of the island is covered in ice.