With the sole exception of furs and saltcod could the Norse have developed any economic reason to more heavily explore, settle, or trade in North America?
Would the warmer conditions of the period have allowed them to sail or travel overland (pic related) to Asia effectively enough to trade?
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The conditions by which they rapidly colonized Iceland, likely as a result of population contraction from the end of the Viking expansions, ever have spread to the maritime islands, Newfoundland in particular, which had a more favorable climate? Or was their dependence/desire for continental European goods too great for them to remove themselves so far from the market?