• Wonderstrands (redirect from Furðustrandir)
    Wonderstrands refers to the Furðustrandir, a stretch of coastline mentioned in the Icelandic Eiríks saga, relating the deeds of Erik the Red. It was reported...
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    (Outrage), 2008. Trans. 2012 Svörtuloft (Black Skies), 2009. Trans. 2013 Furðustrandir (Strange Shores), 2010. Trans. 2014 Einvígið (The Duel), 2011 Reykjavíkurnætur...
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  • (Hypothermia), 2007 Myrká (Outrage), 2008 Svörtuloft (Black Skies), 2013 Furðustrandir (Strange Shores), 2014 Einvígið (The Great Match), 2011 Reykjavíkurnætur...
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    (Kjalarnes), then continued past some extraordinarily long beaches (Furðustrandir) before they landed and sent out two runners to explore inland. After...
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  • lies opposite Greenland, out from the bay, which was before named: Furdustrandir hight a land; there are so strong frosts that it is not habitable, so...
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    Frakkland Related to frakka ("spear"). The Franks and the Frankish kingdom. Furðustrandir "Wonderstrands". An uncertain stretch of coastline in North America...
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    (Furðustrandir). It describes the area thus, according to the "fusioned" 1880 translation by J. Sephton: Now, when they had sailed by Furdustrandir, they...
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