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Why Greenland is called green land, and Iceland is called Iceland ?

Author
Paweł Maczuch
Published
Sun 09 May 2021
Episode Link
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmeshowyouiceland/episodes/Why-Greenland-is-called-green-land--and-Iceland-is-called-Iceland-e10ik5p

Have you ever wondered why Iceland,

although only 12% of its territory is under the ice, is called the Ice land, and Greenland with 80% of ice covered territory is a green land?

 In today's episode of let me show you Iceland, 
 I'll tell you story of  Erik the Red, 
hotblooded viking who settled Greenland.

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