what continent is greenland located?
North America
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 To settle Greenland , it is necessary to melt its ice sheet ; to do this , a massive expedition sets out for Iceland to harvest its volcanic energy . Led by Kylin , the expedition begins breaking open Iceland 's volcanoes . Resistance by the local population is met with massacres . Once Iceland has been split open and turned into a lake of magma , the energy is stored in " tourmaline veils " ( " Turmalinschleier " ) . The geography of Iceland is described in rich detail in this section , as is the cataclysmic destruction of the landscape . The scale of destruction proves traumatizing to many of the expedition members , who flee and have to be forcibly recaptured before the expedition can head to Greenland . 

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 Greenland was first settled by some 500 Icelanders under the leadership of Erik the Red in the late 10th century , CE . Isolated fjords in this harsh land offered sufficient grazing to support cattle and sheep , though the climate was too cold for cereal crops . Royal trade ships from Norway occasionally went to Greenland to trade for walrus tusks and falcons . The population eventually reached a high point of perhaps 3 @,@ 000 in two communities and developed independent institutions before fading away during the 15th century . A papal legation was sent there as late as 1492 , the year Columbus attempted to find a shorter spice route but instead found the Americas . 

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 In 2010 , the IWC authorized Greenland 's native population to hunt a few humpback whales for the following three years . 

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 It is estimated that one @-@ eighth of Earth 's surface is suitable for humans to live on – three @-@ quarters of Earth 's surface is covered by oceans , leaving one quarter as land . Half of that land area is desert ( 14 % ) , high mountains ( 27 % ) , or other unsuitable terrain . The northernmost permanent settlement in the world is Alert , on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut , Canada . ( 82 ° 28 ′ N ) The southernmost is the Amundsen – Scott South Pole Station , in Antarctica , almost exactly at the South Pole . ( 90 ° S ) 

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 In Greenland a peninsula was named Thorland and a fjord Thor Fjord and in Canada a mountain , Mount Thor in Baffin Island . There is also a Mount Thor in Alaska and another Mount Thor in Antarctica , as well as Thor ( volcano ) , on Jupiter 's moon Io . 
