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The Ilulissat Icefjord in West Greenland is a UNESCO World Heritage. Full of icebergs from the Jakobshavn glacier, it is ...

An archaeologist believes he's determined the location of where Ivarr the Boneless is buried, along with the warrior’s ship.

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Warren Frye on “The Saga of the Earls of Orkney,” edited and translated by Judith Jesch.

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