Like his father, Erik the Red became a murderer, but unlike other outlawed men, he sailed towards the west and discovered Greenland. His colony of Norsemen in Greenland grew to several thousand inhabitants but vanished without trace in the 15th century. Click here to learn more about an international research team trying to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the sagas.

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