Erik the Red succumbed to an epidemic that ravaged Norse Greenland just as a new millennium dawned. As a pioneering explorer, colonist, murderer, and leader, he is remembered as one of the last of ...

A new cruise is offering travelers a chance to follow in the wake of legendary sailors like Erik the Red, the Viking explorer known for establishing the first colony on Greenland (and giving the ...

Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson, or Eiriksson) was the second of three sons of Erik the Red, who established a settlement in Greenland after he was exiled from Iceland. Leif Erikson's story ...