Quote Originally Posted by crin63 View Post
HMMMM, 1970's wasn't that when we were heading into an ice age? Or was that the 80's?

Why is it called Greenland if it's covered in ice? Could be that it was green at one time? Like maybe for 500 years it was green. HMMM another one of the curious things to set aside for the sake of the global warming Hysteria.
The hysteria is big.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=g&p=10

Greenland Look up Greenland at Dictionary.com
O.N. Groenland, so named by its discoverer (986 C.E.) because "it would induce settlers to go there, if the land had a good name": "Hann gaf nafn landinu ok kallaði Groenland, ok kvað menn þat myndu fysa þangat farar, at landit ætti nafn gott." [Islendingabok, 1122-1133]