Viking Expansion Northwards: Mediaeval Sources

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Hofstra, Tette, Samplonius, Kees
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Archaeology; Archives; Exploration; History; Human migration; Hunting; Legends; Norse; Research; Saami; Sailing directions; Trade and barter; Whaling; Beloye More; Jan Mayen; Russian Federation; Svalbard; Arctic; Barents Sea; Blanche; Géants; Greenland; Norway; Tromso; Tromsø; White Sea; Arctique*; Groenland; Mer Blanche; Mer de Barents; saami; sami; Spitzberg; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64300

Evidence for Scandinavian activities in the northwestern part of the Barents Sea is scanty; according to the Annals, Svalbard (i) was discovered in 1194, but the entry refers to Jan Mayen rather than present-day Svalbard/Spitsbergen. By contrast, the southern fringe of the Barents Sea was more than...