norse greenland

The Bubonic Plague OTL reached Norway in the late summer of 1349. At this time, the King of Norway held domains in Greenland and Iceland. OTL, the Black Plague did not reach Iceland until 1402-1404 and it is debated whether or not it reached the Norse settlements in Greenland. What if, as a...

While it's not clear exactly why the Norse settlements in Greenland eventually failed, the fact that the Norse never adopted Inuit techniques for surviving in the Arctic can't have helped. They never learned how to hunt ringed seals or navigate in kayaks. Since they couldn't do these things...