What could be more Philly - rowers on the Schuylkill, the Zoo Balloon and an 11th Century Icelander?

Thorfinn Karlsefni, Einar Jonsson, 1915-1918.

Who knew? Thorfinn established a settlement of some 200 Icelanders in North America from 1003-1006. They don't teach you that in your history books, kids....

From the island of the North, of ice and snow,
Of blossoming valleys and blue mountains,
Of the midnight sun and the dreamy mists,
The home of the goddess of northern lights.