This week we're getting our first Viking action while visiting the island of Iceland. We'll learn about their almost-impossible-to-sing anthem, as well as a language that has gone almost unchanged since people were speaking Old Norse.

Icelandic horse showing the "flying" gait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PMj_kiL5GY
Plokkfiskur recipe: https://adamantkitchen.com/plokkfiskur/

Anthem versions assessed:
https://www.government.is/media/forsaetisraduneyti-media/media/thjodsongurinn/01O-Gud-vors-lands.mp3
https://www.government.is/media/forsaetisraduneyti-media/media/thjodsongurinn/02O-Gud-vors-lands.mp3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o39LJOcB0bI

Main sources used:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Iceland/Drainage#ref225464

https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Book-of-the-Icelanders

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/mid-ocean-ridge.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/protestant-reformation/