Clouds hover above the surrounding geothermal waters at the Blue Lagoon close to the Icelandic capital on April 7, 2014 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Interior of a Viking hut, helmets resting on shelf

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<p>In the 15th century, Europeans began to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new routes to China and the East, but in the process they discovered what they labeled a "New World," although Indigenous people had lived there for centuries. Other explorers have pushed the limits of flight and seafaring, and traversed the frozen Continent of Antarctica.</p>


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