Greenland High Sea

The sea southwest of Greenland leads toward a coast of islands and fjords. Ice carried south along the eastern shore rounds the island's tip, and its extent can affect access to the sheltered fjords farther west. Norse farmer-hunters reached southern Greenland from Iceland in the late tenth century and established farms in this fjord country. Their herds depended on grazing, while hunting marine mammals provided resources from the sea around their settlements.