Immigrant wasteland

In the course of human expansion and adventure, there are fewer and fewer virgin lands on the earth, and those wild places where the climate seems impossible for people to survive have gradually become a blue ocean. Today, we will talk about two huge islands in the Arctic Circle. They were found to have a legend!

Let's look at Iceland first. Iceland is an island floating in the northern North Atlantic, very close to the Arctic Circle, between Greenland and Norway, and is the second largest island in Europe. Snow and ice covered these two huge uninhabited islands for many years. The civilization history of Iceland and Greenland would have been delayed for many years if the Vikings, who were born with adventurous spirit, had not discovered it. Pirates discovered them, developed them, and extended the range of human activities to the inaccessible Arctic.

According to historical research, Iceland was first discovered by two vikings at the end of the 8th century. They are Nadaud of Norway and Gardal of Sweden. When they were sailing in the North Sea by boat, the boat drifted to the coast of Iceland by mistake under the strong wind. Later, when they returned to their hometown, they told people a lot about the island. Since then, Iceland has been known to more people. Later, another adventurous Norwegian Viking, Lavin, landed in Iceland with his family and many people who were willing to follow him.

Winter on this island is very cold. They found it unbearable, but they finally got through it. That's why they call this island. Iceland? . When they left Iceland for home, many people firmly stated that they would never return to this cold island, but some people had a very good impression of Iceland. In their mouth, Iceland is described as a beautiful and rich paradise, so? Butter on every blade of grass? . This compliment reached a Viking nobleman? Alnar pine's ear was swallowed by Norway, which aroused his infinite yearning. So Ingrid made a decision in 874 AD? Go and live in Iceland.

In fact, ingrid left Norway to live in Iceland for a reason. At that time, two sons of a famous pirate leader in China were playing with Ingrid's sister and his brother Ye Xiaokai's fiancee Heilkka. Angry Ingrid killed the two evil hooligans. This is a catastrophe. He has nowhere to hide in Norway, so he has to consider finding a safe place to avoid the pirate leader. It happened that the story about Iceland was widely circulated, so he went to this area specially? Butter flows on every blade of grass? Live in one place. After sailing nearly 700 nautical miles in the stormy North Atlantic, they finally arrived in Iceland.

Before leaving, Ingoff led the whole family to make full preparations. Their first expedition was only to test whether Iceland was suitable for settlement. So when they arrived in Iceland, they just built some extremely simple cabins. They spent a cold winter in Iceland. Although there are strong winds and heavy snow in winter, there is sometimes a warm period due to the influence of warm current. He was very satisfied with this and made up his mind to come to Iceland for development. So they went back to Norway again and made a decision. Ingoff raised everything the family needed to move to Iceland to ensure that they could live a comfortable life on that snowy island.

However, in the concept of Viking, raising? With what? Rob? Exactly the same. When ingrid arrived in Ireland, he showed the face of a pirate. He plundered everywhere like crazy, robbing almost anything he saw. Among them, he was most proud of grabbing a huge and sharp sword, with which he attacked everywhere, killing people without blinking an eye and being invincible. This great sword made him famous. Did you get it? Sword Ingford? The title of. At the same time, on his way back to Norway, he also captured 10 Irish people under the threat of the sword and brought them back to Norway as slaves. ? Sword Ingford? After returning to Norway, his family set sail for Iceland in two ships, together with some free residents nearby and slaves snatched from Ireland. Since then, a large number of Viking Scandinavians from Norway have settled in Iceland.

There is another story about the discovery of Greenland: the first person who discovered Greenland was a Norwegian who was sentenced to three years' exile for murder and had to leave Iceland. His name is Eric with red hair. According to records, Eric himself has obvious characteristics: excessively rosy face, fiery red hair, and explosive personality, coupled with his tyrannical and ruthless killing nature, so he has? Eric with red hair? This nickname.

In the eyes of Norwegians, the tradition of Eric's family is advocating force. He and his father left their hometown Norway because they committed murder. Since he settled in Iceland, Eric the Red Hair has never changed his bloodthirsty hobby that he always insisted on when he was in Norway. Leading a group of murderous demons, just because he had some unhappiness with his neighbors, let them bleed to death. To this end, he committed murder again and was sentenced to three years in exile. In this way, Iceland can no longer stay. Eric clearly knows that he has become an outcast in Norway and Iceland. So he is determined to open up a safer and richer territory of his own? He wants to be the leader of an independent kingdom.

After staying at sea for a long time, he and his soldiers found a coast covered with thick ice, and it was an adventure to go ashore with ice floes. So he continued to sail along the southwest coast and finally found a pleasant bay. The terrain of this place can block the cold wind from the North Pole, and green plants will grow in the short summer of the ice polar circle. So they abandoned the ship and went ashore and built a big house. Eric understands that although the winter here is more harsh than Iceland, and it has to endure the biting cold wind mixed with ice and snow, this ice and snow wasteland finally belongs to his own territory. Eric returned to Iceland after his exile. Before he left, Eric named this area full of green vegetation? Greenland? , meaning? Green land? .

Eric who returned to Iceland told everyone about that piece? Green land? How beautiful and rich. Many people were moved by his praise. Many people will follow him to the new territory for gold. There are 25 ships full of immigrants, plus all their property? Livestock and daily necessities, under the unified command of Eric, left Iceland in 986 and headed for a new residence. Unfortunately, however, they were hit by a storm, many ships sank, and some ships had to turn around and return to Iceland. In the end, only 14 ship arrived in Greenland, and more than 400 immigrants reached their destination smoothly.

Vikings were born with the virtue of hard work. However, the natural conditions in Greenland really made them feel desperate. At first, the narrow grassland that immigrants chose to settle in was just above the fjord, facing the glacier, which flowed regularly, often bringing disaster to their stone houses and huts. In a short summer, it is impossible to sow crops with root trees. The only thing they can eat is fish, as well as meat and milk provided by thin cattle and sheep brought from Iceland. Although these immigrants from Iceland also need a capable leader to lead them, and Eric also advocates it? Great honor, like everyone recognizing his authority? .

However, Eric did not deliberately turn himself into an autocratic monarch, but adopted a more democratic way of governance in accordance with the Viking tradition. The residents of the island soon established a set of management institutions similar to Iceland, and the corresponding laws were also established soon. Under this guarantee, the colony developed steadily and attracted more vikings from Iceland. They stubbornly live on this white island. Many years later, people realized that it is the largest island on earth, with an area of 2175,000 square kilometers, which is more than 20 times that of Iceland and 5 times that of Norway.

Today's Icelanders and Greenlanders should thank their ancestors who opened up in distant times. Although they were rough pirates, they bravely built a new world. Without them, Iceland and Greenland today might belong to another place.