Let's be clear. I keep reading claims on this forum that imply Greenland was named that because it was mostly green during that time. That is the "green Greenland" story that I am referring to. Perhaps that is not what people mean, but that is how it comes across and is repeated. There is a big difference in my mind between "green Greenland" and "feasible to graze cattle, sheep and goats in the meadows along sheltered fjords on Greenland’s southwest coast". This is a point that gets our side of the debate into trouble.
The only story I have in this regard (having to do with the global warming argument) has had to do with the ability to graze livestock there due to it having been a warmer climate at that time (resulting in green pastures), so I don't know what you're talking about. I made no statement about why it was named Greenland. I've always heard it was named that to encourage folks to colonize it.
