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STAR OF THE NORTH |
VULCAN STOKES THE FURNACE FOR THE ICELANDER'S OVEN |
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| Beauty stamped with exceptional dignity is the heritage of this daughter of Iceland, whose fine bearing suggests that in her veins runs the blood of heroes sung in saga | Volcanic action in Iceland, destructive and desolating as it is, is not without some compensations. While no cereals can be grown there, and all the flour has to be imported, the surface of the earth is so hot in places that the people are actually able to bake their bread in pails sunk in shallow holes dug in the ground with a spade |