Results: What do you think happened to the Greenland Norse? This early colony of Icelandic Europeans on remote Greenland was found deserted in the 16th Century after 500 years of settlement.
Published on 04/08/2016
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What do you think happened to the Greenland Norse? This early colony of Icelandic Europeans on remote Greenland was found deserted in the 16th Century after 500 years of settlement.
Migrated to North America
14%
248 votes
Joined native people (Inuit)
8%
135 votes
Attacked by Inuit
6%
111 votes
not sure
70%
1206 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
27 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.23% | 4 | |
| na | 0.06% | 1 |
| moved south to l'anse aux meadows in newfoundland | 0.06% | 1 |
| died of hunger | 0.06% | 1 |
| who really needs to know. | 0.06% | 1 |
| rutned home to Norway | 0.06% | 1 |
| killed | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't care | 0.06% | 1 |
| died due to disease | 0.06% | 1 |
| UFO. abducted by aliens | 0.06% | 1 |
| probably got cold and hungry and went home | 0.06% | 1 |
| Aliens took them | 0.06% | 1 |
| N/A | 0.06% | 1 |
| joined other vikings, possibly americas, and/or died out | 0.06% | 1 |
| wiped out by sickness or lack of resources drove them to move on | 0.06% | 1 |
| They were frozen out after it grew too cold. | 0.06% | 1 |
| maybe a disease | 0.06% | 1 |
| I figure their food source dried (froze) up. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Had to leave. Lack of life supporting elements. | 0.06% | 1 |
| volcano | 0.06% | 1 |
| see below | 0.06% | 1 |
| Went back to Iceland when climate change made it impossible to farm due to cold | 0.06% | 1 |
| Went back to Iceland | 0.06% | 1 |
| died out from inbreeding | 0.06% | 1 |
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