Vikings may have fled Greenland to escape rising seas
A rapidly changing climate might have brought an end to Nordic life on the island
![image of the remains of a church on a hillside in Greenland](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/121621_fk_vikings-demise_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
An account of a wedding that took place at this former church in 1408 is the last written record from the Norse occupation of Greenland.
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