Tasiilaq, Greenland Jan 13, 2022

Tasiilaq, Greenland

It"s said that Erik the Red gave Greenland its deceptively pleasant name to draw unwitting settlers to the snowy subcontinent. The Viking leader wasn"t totally fibbing, though: Greenland can turn pretty darn green when the aurora borealis gives the glaciers a glow-up.

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