The Catalyst of Starvation: How Volcanoes and Crop Failures Sparked the Nordic Exodus

For eight centuries, the rugged wilderness of Western Canada remained completely closed to the people of Scandinavia. As explored in our previous look at the 800-year silence, global ice ages, geopolitical pivots, and corporate monopolies combined to keep the Canadian Prairies off the global market.

Then came the late 19th century, and the sky fell.