Complex sentence: Straumfjord in Newfoundland was considered a way-point between these areas in North America and Norse settlements in Greenland, connecting trade back to Iceland, Ireland, the British Isles, and Scandinavia.
Split into simpler sentences: Straumfjord in Newfoundland was considered a way-point between these areas in North America and Norse settlements in Greenland. It connected their trade back to Iceland, Ireland, the British Isles, and Scandinavia.