Matt Barrow wrote:
"Newps" wrote in message
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Newps wrote:



Well, the descendants of the original settlers are still living in
Iceland, farming it and living a pretty good life. They haven=B4t left
at all.

Because they went back. Greenland and Iceland were devoid of humans for
quite a while there.

Ah....I believe Iceland has been continuously inhabited since about 1000 =
AD.

Iceland has been continously inhabited since ca 700, Greenland much
longer (when the Vikings arrived the Inuit were only in the extreme
north of the country)