He had moved on
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One of the men who had voyaged to Greenland with Eirik was Herjolf Herjolfsson. His son Bjarni still in Norway, set sail for Iceland to find his father, little knowing that he had moved on to Greenland as a settler. Upon his arrival in Eyr in Iceland, Bjarni learned of his father’s departure to the new settlement, but was determined to follow him.
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Bjarni Follows
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Bjarni’s crew asked him what he intended to do . He replied that being a man of habit, he wanted to
winter with his father in Greenland, but warned them that he knew nothing about the route there and that it would be
dangerous. His crew gave little consideration to the dangers and agreed to sail with him all the same.
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The Land Sank into the Sea
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Bjarni set out in search of Greenland and his father. After three days, the land disappeared and "sank into the sea". They had little idea of which direction they were headed, except that it was mostly
westerly.
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The Fog Clears
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inches x 20 1/2 inches
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The wind had dropped, and a fog replaced it. For days on end there was not much that Bjarni and his crew
could do but drift aimlessly as the currents took them. Then the sun emerged from the clouds, allowing Bjarni’s crew to take bearings and put themselves on a westerly course,
hoisting sail by day and night.
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