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Interesting question. I came across this reddit thread that tries to answer that: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/am1qcd/how_did_people_keep_war

Interesting question. I came across this reddit thread that tries to answer that: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/am1qcd/how_did_people_keep_warm_in_iceland_before/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/am1qcd/how_d... Some interesting things in there beyond the more obvious things like hot springs, peat, and other biomass that Iceland would have. But drift wood being a thing that I did not think off. Of course, there would have been some forests initially and also the ability to import timber and other materials from elsewhere in exchange for some of the exports (fish, whale oil, etc.).

Beltalowda 4y ago
When I was hiking around in Hornstrandir a few years back there was a surprisingly large amount of driftwood on many beaches on the north side. Some pictures I found online: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/drift-wood-in-the-remote-north-western-fjords-of-hornstrandir-iceland-cavan-images.html https://fineartamerica.com/featured/drift-wood-in-the-remote... https://www.darnoldhiking.com/uploads/4/3/1/8/43181693/dsc06640-1_1_orig.jpg https://www.darnoldhiking.com/uploads/4/3/1/8/43181693/dsc06...