Why is Greenland called Greenland, when it's white and covered with ice?

I'm just curious

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It was a marketing stunt, It was named by Eric The Red, who was forced in exile, he who hoped the name would attract more vikings so he could gather an army

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@Inquisator Interesting

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@SW-User It didn't work :-)

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@Inquisator Why it didn't work?

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@SW-User Greenland was not a very attractive place to be, and Eric had made some serious enemies back home, but he did manages to gather 25 ships on iceland a few years later, but only 14 of them made it to greenland

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@Inquisator Impressive

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@SW-User His son Leif would later were the first to explore Vinland ( Newfoundland) in North America