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Iceland per my visits isn't frigid on average 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit in January. In it's capital at least. Overall im surprised they called it IceLand vs
by paul7986 1y ago
Iceland per my visits isn't frigid on average 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit in January. In it's capital at least. Overall im surprised they called it IceLand vs. WindLand. The wind is fierce.
- kulahan 1y agoThere's a (probably apocryphal) story that it was done for advertising reasons. Someone wanted people to sell land.
- throwway120385 1y agoOn old enough maps, I thought it was sometimes spelled Island not Iceland.
- Tistron 1y agoYeah, is-land means ice-land in Scandinavian languages.