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Greenland and the Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Jørgen Taagholt
Affiliation:
Danish Scientific Liaison Officer for Greenland, and Division Manager, Ionosphere Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark, B 349, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.

Extract

About 4,000 years ago the first Eskimo tribes reached Northern Greenland after a migration taking some thousands of years from Asia via the Bering Strait, then along the North American coastal areas and over the Canadian Arctic archipelago. They settled primarily in the northernmost part of Greenland, where archaeological finds are the basis of our knowledge of their life. Subsequent waves of immigration resulted in settlements to the south, along Greenland's east and west coasts (Fig. 1).

Type
Main Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1980

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