A dogged search for walrus ivory may have brought two unlikely cultures together — the Thule Inuits of the Arctic and the Norse of Greenland — hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus set ...

By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings and ...

Viking Age Norse people seeking walrus ivory in the High Arctic may have encountered Indigenous North Americans hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus "discovered" the continent, a study ...

Science Archaeology Walrus DNA suggests meetings between Vikings and Indigenous Inuit Norse sailing routes needed to avoid seasonal sea ice. Andrew Paul Sep 30, 2024 1:37 PM EDT ...

New research shows that the Vikings traveled more than 6,000 kilometers to the Arctic to hunt for walrus. DNA analyses reveal that walrus ivory from Greenland was brought to Europe and probably as ...

By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings ...

The ivory from walrus tusks was a valuable commodity in medieval times, and Vikings often traded it with Europeans for iron and timber, according to James Barrett, the lead study author.

New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the Vikings travelled more than 6,000 kilometres to the Arctic to hunt for walrus. DNA analyses reveal that walrus ivory from Greenland ...

By analyzing samples of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) tusk ivory collected by Norse explorers in Greenland and later exported to Europe for trade, archaeologists have pinpointed ...