Is Iceland really icy?
Many people believe Iceland is cold and Greenland is warm, but it’s really the other way around, meaning Iceland is actually warm, and Greenland is cold. If you look at a map/globe, you should see Greenland is closer to the North Pole, which means Greenland should be cold. The reason Greenland is called “Greenland” is: (source: wikipedia) The name Greenland comes from Scandinavian settlers. In the Icelandic sagas, it is said that Norwegian-born Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder. He, along with his extended family and thralls, set out in ships to find the land that was rumoured to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Grænland (“Greenland”), possibly in order to attract more people to settle there. Greenland was also called Gruntland (“Ground-land”) and Engronelant (or Engroneland) on early maps. Whether green is an erroneous transcription of grunt (“ground”), which refers to shallow bays, or vice versa, is not known. It should also be noted, however
