The ruins of a Norse house (Photo: Peter via Wikicommons CC BY-SA 3.0) Norse settlers living in south-western Greenland were able to rely on driftwood and native dwarf woody plants for building material for houses and ships and for heating, an Icelandic archaeologist...
Already, much less driftwood is reaching Svalbard, Iceland and Greenland with the sea ice across the Arctic Ocean from Siberia. Instead, more and more plastic is washing up on the beaches. Photo: Julia Hager Driftwood was and still is the most important resource for...