[LINK] "Archaeologists Find Clues to Viking Mystery"

[rfmcdpei]

Via io9 I came across a (translated) article in Der Spiegel by one Günther Stockinger dealing with the mystery of what happened to Viking Greenland. The answer is almost surprisingly non-catastrophic: the Viking Greenlanders actually did cope successfully with the cooling climate of their homeland, but when things became too severe they returned to

Comments

[resonant]

Hmmm ... a bit different from Jared Diamond's scenario in "Collapse", where he reported signs of starvation.

[mmcirvin]

More like the age-old story of young people leaving a dead-end town.