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OGBuzz

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7. True.

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 12:10 PM

17 hrs ago

I've been wondering about this as well and I read that it was a clever marketing tactic to attract settlers from Iceland in times of Eric the Red, around 980 AD. I keep checking for weather in Nuuk and they are often higher than in my area, and I am roughly 900 miles south of Nuuk's latitude. Currently Nuuk is 48 degrees fahrenheit, my city is at 5 degrees.

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Read Today. Nails it. [View all] kairos12 19 hrs ago OP

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Yes, the non-Vikings were encouraged to go there instead of Iceland. Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #5

True. OGBuzz 17 hrs ago #7

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