GEO 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bellot Strait, Davis Strait, Lancaster Sound
6 May 2016
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***next week is second quiz! includes everything up to now and tomorrow. Dave atkinson: we don"t need to know speci c dates, but we should be able to ballpark it . There"s evidence that they might"ve sailed from greece over to iceland. 847 ad first viking settlements in iceland. Viking settlements expanded to greenland and canada. Trying to nd an economical route trying to trade with china. But continent called north america in the way (and south america) Rst real arctic explorer: martin frobisher > frobisher bay 1576. 1577: 3 ships, 200 tons of ore, 1350 tons of ore next year, all iron pyrite (fool"s gold, fes2) Made 3 voyages and mapped 3 things: Nds open water and goes south ( cause that"s the smart thing to do) He is forced to winter in hudson"s bay. Very rst instance of european explorers spending a winter here besides viking. Not prepared for scurvy, -40 degree weather.
