BBC Earth Unplugged | By Deforesting Iceland, were Vikings Hollywood’s First Set Designers? | Earth Unplugged @earthunplugged | Uploaded June 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
The barren landscape has made Iceland famous as a Hollywood film set for fantasy and sci-fi films, but trees are actually fundamental in protecting the land from volcanic ash and cold winds.
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