Qualla: Greenland https://qualla.com/greenland en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:02 GMT Qualla episodic false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Greenland https://qualla.com/greenland HMS Hood https://qualla.com/hms-hood/ Photo credit State Library of South Australia, CC BY 2.0. The pride of the Royal Navy between the wars, the battlecruiser HMS Hood was lost in three minutes in the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941, taking 1,415 of her 1,418 crew with her.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/7/3/2/hms-hood-wp/g732-hms-hood-combined.mp3 5:50 full The Northern Lights: The Sky Show That Vikings Thought Was Bridge to the Gods https://qualla.com/aurora-iceland/ Photo credit Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0. Where solar particles collide with Earth's atmosphere to create dancing curtains of green, purple, and red light - a phenomenon that has inspired myths from the Vikings' Bifröst bridge to modern Instagram pilgrimages to Iceland.

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/e/2/k/aurora-iceland-wk/ge2k-aurora-iceland-combined.mp3 4:35 full Reykjavik https://qualla.com/reykjavik/ Photo credit Napoleon tnt, CC BY-SA 3.0. Europe's northernmost capital clings to a volcanic island at 64°N, its streets warmed by geothermal heat, its 130,000 people facing the North Atlantic with surprising swagger.

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/e/2/k/reykjavik-wk/ge2k-reykjavik-combined.mp3 6:34 full The Laki Eruption: The Volcano That Changed World History https://qualla.com/laki-eruption/ Photo credit Chmee2/Valtameri, CC BY-SA 3.0. Where an Icelandic volcanic eruption in 1783 killed a quarter of Iceland's population, caused crop failures across Europe, contributed to the French Revolution, and changed global climate for years.

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/e/7/h/laki-eruption-wk/ge7h-laki-eruption-combined.mp3 4:46 full North Iceland https://qualla.com/north-iceland/ Photo credit Pierre-Selim Huard, CC BY 4.0. Iceland in miniature - a region of volcanic craters, whale-filled fjords, and the Arctic Circle's edge, where Icelandic horses gallop across lush valleys beneath glacier-capped peaks.

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