Erik the Red, exiled from Norway and Iceland, discovered and named Greenland around 985 AD. His strategic naming attracted settlers from Iceland, establishing two major settlements. These Norse ...

Erik the Red, whose real name was Erik Thorvaldsson, was a daring Viking explorer who famously turned a remote Arctic island ...

Greenland’s history begins with a Viking exile accused of murder. Named deceptively to attract settlers, the world’s largest ...

While Greenland has control over a range of internal matters as an autonomous territory, the government of Denmark is ...

Dive into the intriguing tale of Greenland's Viking pioneers. In 982 AD, the bold Erik the Red ferried Norse adventurers to this chill-laden territory where they established farms and engaged in ...

Donald Trump is a 21st-century throwback to Erik the Red, the Viking chieftain and explorer who first claimed Greenland and established settlements there one ...

So Erik rocked up in Greenland, becoming the first viking on the island. He’s credited with coining the name “green land” as ...

While US President Donald Trump has reiterated his desire to take control of resource-rich Greenland, he is not the first to ...

Baseball had never seen anything like Eric Davis in his prime. If you were there, you know. If you weren't, here are some numbers. In an era where even 30-30 seasons were rare, Eric the Red went 27-80 ...

Viking Age stories often involve modern-day Denmark, the fjords of Norway, the British Isles and Iceland, yet one overlooked stronghold of Viking history lay far north of the Arctic Circle. The sagas ...

STILLWATER, Oklahoma (KMID/KPEJ) – Eric Morris, the current head coach at the University of North Texas, is being named as the 25th head football coach at Oklahoma State. Morris, a Shallowater native, ...

If you've browsed a dusty old Viking saga and thought you’d need a full translation or an ancient rune decoder to make sense of it, then you’re not alone. However, on the island of Iceland, something ...