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Why is Iceland green and Greenland full of ice?

Because God works in mysterious ways!

That was always my RS teacher's answer to every question anyway

Originally posted by uzless
Why is Iceland green and Greenland full of ice?

Ask your Viking friends. They know.

GRANNY.

Originally posted by uzless
Why is Iceland green and Greenland full of ice?

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1965/shouldnt-greenland-be-known-as-iceland-and-vice-versa

Iceland is called Iceland because of this:
http://johnfenzel.typepad.com/john_fenzels_blog/images/2007/03/25/iceland_from_space_nasa.jpg

Originally posted by uzless
Why is Iceland green and Greenland full of ice?

for the same reason that you drive on parkways and park in driveways

It began as an attempt to get other Northmen to settle Greenland,
harsh as it was. The Vikings purposley mislabeled it. Iceland was also mislabeled in an ongoing attempt to curb invasion and colonization.