"Vikings," the term is given to a race of Scandinavian people who raided and settled in large areas of eastern and Western Europe during a period of Scandinavian expansion from about 800 to 1100. The term came from an old English word "wic", which is a derivation from a Latin wor...

Tundra is a large region located in the northern hemisphere of the world. It is also known as the "Barren Land" and it lies principally along the Arctic Circle, on the coast and islands of the Arctic Ocean, and to the north of the coniferous forest belt. In Canada, the southern boundary ex...