A Voyage to Iceland with the Vikings

Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital, was settled by the Vikings around 874 A.D. Photo courtesy of Visit Reykjavik/Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson. SOUTHERN NORWAY, Viken Bay — It’s 879 A.D., and Hallgerdyur is getting her 19-year-old son Skarphedinn ready for his first (and quite possibly his last) voyage to the New Lands.