Nearby are the ruins of his manor house and a recreation of a Norse longhouse and what is believed to be the first Christian church in North America, built for Eric the Red's wife when she converted to Christianity.
We had a very dramatic guide who told us the whole story with considerable aplomb.
from the ship's expedition log:
Day 7 - August 13, 2013 - Brattahlid
By by Uli Kunz – Oceanographer and Zodiac-Driver
Co-ordinates: 61°00’ N, 45°28’ E
Weather: Partly cloudy
Air Temperature: 10.1 °C, 50.2 °F
Pressure: 1001 hPa
Wind: 3 km/h
Shortly after 6:30 a.m., I jumped into one of our Zodiacs with the Expedition team and went ashore to Brattahlid, a tiny settlement in Erik the Red's former estate found southwest of Greenland inside the Tunulliarfik Fjord. The surrounding area still has some of the best farmland in Greenland because the inner parts of the fjord are well protected from the cold foggy weather of the outer coast. Erik the Red and his descendants lived in this area until the late 15th century.
Shortly after the arrival of our local guides, we disembarked the guests and led them on guided walks through the settlement, where they learned more about the life of the Vikings several centuries ago as well as the life of a farmer in Greenland’s modern times. The settlement is now called Qassiarsuk, and is one of the gateways into Greenland. Qassiarsuk has a large airport which has international flights to Copenhagen during the summer months, on the opposite side of the fjord. Our guests walked across fields and on small gravel roads, visited farms and stores and the remains of a building which probably was the first church in the New World.
Weather: Partly cloudy
Air Temperature: 10.1 °C, 50.2 °F
Pressure: 1001 hPa
Wind: 3 km/h
Shortly after 6:30 a.m., I jumped into one of our Zodiacs with the Expedition team and went ashore to Brattahlid, a tiny settlement in Erik the Red's former estate found southwest of Greenland inside the Tunulliarfik Fjord. The surrounding area still has some of the best farmland in Greenland because the inner parts of the fjord are well protected from the cold foggy weather of the outer coast. Erik the Red and his descendants lived in this area until the late 15th century.
Shortly after the arrival of our local guides, we disembarked the guests and led them on guided walks through the settlement, where they learned more about the life of the Vikings several centuries ago as well as the life of a farmer in Greenland’s modern times. The settlement is now called Qassiarsuk, and is one of the gateways into Greenland. Qassiarsuk has a large airport which has international flights to Copenhagen during the summer months, on the opposite side of the fjord. Our guests walked across fields and on small gravel roads, visited farms and stores and the remains of a building which probably was the first church in the New World.
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