HARALD the HARDRADA

During that era (985-1066) the people committed to the Vikings called themselves "Norse" and their land "Norvege." The King of Norvege, Harald the Hardrada. used a "court farm" at Foss anytime he was traveling in Greenland. Then in 1064 using local pilots, the Viking fleet tried to follow the route of the Norse hunters westward from Greenland. In 1070, Adam De Bremen wrote part of the story:

"... that enterprising Northmen's Prince,

Harold, (sic) who explored the extent of the

Northern Ocean with his ship, but was

scarcely able by retreating to escape in

safety from the gulf's enormous abyss,

where before his eyes the vanishing bounds

of earth were hidden in gloom."

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