00:00Why is Greenland called Greenland when it is 80% made up of glaciers and almost completely covered in ice?
00:06And why is Iceland, famous for its green landscapes and hot springs, called Ice-land?
00:11It seems like these names were mixed up.
00:14Well, it was actually a Viking trick.
00:16In the 9th century, Norwegian Vikings were the first to reach the shores of Iceland.
00:20It was winter, and as they saw nothing but ice and snow, they naturally named it Iceland.
00:25It was common for explorers to name new lands based on what they saw first.
00:30For example, Florida got its name from Spanish explorers, meaning Land of Flowers, because they arrived during a period of vigorous blooming.
00:37Sometime later, when Iceland became populated, one of the Vikings, known as Erik the Red, was exiled from the island for his crimes.
00:44In search of new lands, he headed west and came across a massive icy island.
00:49Realizing that it would be difficult to attract settlers to the island, he used a clever trick and named it Greenland,
00:55the opposite of what it actually was, to make the name sound attractive to new inhabitants.
01:00Rosemary News
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01:16the same beginning and almost all of theenth century, you know that?
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