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Who Was Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir? There’s hardly an Icelander who doesn’t know her name: Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the Viking woman who allegedly sailed with her husband to Viland, or Canada as it’s known now. According to the stories, she explored Newfoundland and the surrounding lands for three years, gave birth to a son, and returned to her home in Iceland. She apparently made eight crossings of the North Atlantic, outpacing all other Vikings in terms of distance…