Editing Harald Hardrada (section)

===Northern explorations===
Once he had returned to Norway, Harald seems to have displayed an interest in exploring his own realm, as for instance the ''[[Morkinskinna]]'' recounts Harald's trip into the Uplands. Harald is also said to have explored the seas beyond his kingdom, as the contemporary [[Adam of Bremen]] reports of such naval expeditions conducted by Harald:<ref name="DeVries49">DeVries (1999) p. 49</ref>

{{blockquote|The most enterprising Prince Haraldr of the Norwegians lately attempted this [sea]. Who, having searched thoroughly the length of the northern ocean in ships, finally had before his eyes the dark failing boundaries of the savage world, and, by retracing his steps, with difficulty barely escaped the deep abyss in safety.|author=Adam of Bremen, ''[[Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum]]'', 4. XXXIX}}

[[Kelly DeVries]] has suggested that Harald "may even have known of and sought out the legendary land called [[Vinland]], which Viking sailors had discovered only a short time before", which Adam mentions earlier in the same passage to have been widely reported in Denmark and Norway.<ref name="DeVries49"/> H. H. Lamb has on the other hand proposed that the land he reached may have been either [[Spitsbergen]] or [[Novaya Zemlya]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Climate, History, and the Modern World|author=Lamb, H.H.|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1982|isbn=978-0-416-33440-1|page=165}}</ref>