Skraeling Island (Latitude: 78° 52' 60 N, Longitude: 75° 55' 0 W) off the east coast of Ellesmere Island lying in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. ... Motto: Nunavut Sannginivut (Inuktitut: Nunavut our strength or Our land our strength) Official languages Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, French Flower Purple Saxifrage Tree Bird Rock Ptarmigan Capital Iqaluit Largest city Iqaluit Commissioner Ann Meekitjuk Hanson Premier Paul Okalik (Independent) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 1 (Nancy Karetak-Lindell) 1 (Willie...
The Norse referred to the indigenous peoples they encountered in Greenland and the New World as skraeling, a derogatory term meaning wretch or scared weakling, and the sagas make it clear that the Norse considered the natives hostile. [1]
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Skraeling Island is an extensive archeological site which has yielded a wealth of artifacts from Small-Tool cultures dating from 4500 BC (Dorset and Thule). Norse items found at Inuit sites — some 80 objects from a single site including a small driftwood carving of a face with European features — suggests that there was a lively trade between the groups (as well as an exchange of Norse goods among the Inuit).
References
^ The Amazing Vikings by Michael D. Lemonick and Andrea Dorfman as it appeared on Time.com, Vol. 155 No. 19, 8 May2000
Coordinates: 78°53′N 75°55′W May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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