Greenland and the Future

About 4,000 years ago the first Eskimo tribes reached Northern Greenland after a migration taking some thousands of years from Asia via the Bering Strait, then along the North American coastal areas and over the Canadian Arctic archipelago. They settled primarily in the northernmost part of Greenlan...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Environmental Conservation
Main Author: Taagholt, Jørgen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1980
Subjects:
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Pollution
Water Science and Technology
Arctic
Bering Strait
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Greenland
Arctic Archipelago
eskimo*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900008079
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0376892900008079
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Summary:About 4,000 years ago the first Eskimo tribes reached Northern Greenland after a migration taking some thousands of years from Asia via the Bering Strait, then along the North American coastal areas and over the Canadian Arctic archipelago. They settled primarily in the northernmost part of Greenland, where archaeological finds are the basis of our knowledge of their life. Subsequent waves of immigration resulted in settlements to the south, along Greenland's east and west coasts (Fig. 1).

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