130th Icelandic festival in Canada

The World

The annual celebration took place in New Iceland this week. Host Marco Werman speaks with Laurie Bertram, author of “The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans,” about why Icelandic culture has such an influence on the region.  

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