Iceland 2022

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Across
  1. 2. The unique Icelandic language includes over 100 words for ________
  2. 3. the sea (a kenning)
  3. 6. A meeting
  4. 8. A layer of volcanic ash useful in dating archaeological sites
  5. 9. Silly bird
  6. 11. Brown and sticky
  7. 14. The only indigenous wood
  8. 15. Flowing ice
  9. 17. Erupted in 1947, 1970, 1980, and 1991
  10. 20. Last place on earth to be settled by humans
  11. 21. A long story of heroic achievement
  12. 24. Red, white, and blue
  13. 26. Discovered Iceland by accident
  14. 27. Thanks!
  15. 30. Volcanic vents that emit hot gases and vapours
  16. 31. Icelandic yogurt
  17. 32. Thar she blows!
  18. 34. Iceland has the world's oldest ________
  19. 35. Long narrow sea inlet
  20. 36. Energy from the ground
Down
  1. 1. A form of wrestling that originated with the Vikings
  2. 4. Celia and Kelley Kens______ and Sam and Jess Dirks______
  3. 5. bodies of water naturally heated by the earth
  4. 7. Largest glacier in Europe
  5. 10. On many coins (1kr, 10kr, 100kr)
  6. 12. Unit of money
  7. 13. Material used to construct early buildings
  8. 16. an ambiguous figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in later Icelandic poetry
  9. 18. Icelandic word for waterfall
  10. 19. Percent of Iceland covered by glaciers
  11. 22. Iceland's only native mammal
  12. 23. National sport
  13. 25. Provides a surprisingly mild climate for Iceland
  14. 28. Between 30 and 40% of Icelanders will not deny the existence of ________
  15. 29. Iceland may have as many as 10,000 of these
  16. 33. Reykjavík is the "Bay of ________"