Greenland Abstract

I have never been to Greenland, but I had this glimpse of some of its mountains and glaciers from the air on a return flight to the U.S. from Iceland.

The naming of those two lands is ironic. Only 11% of Iceland is covered in ice, compared to 80% of Greenland. As the legend goes, Greenland was named by the exiled Norseman, Eric the Red, who wanted to entice more of his countrymen to settle there and build a community.