Weatherlawyer wrote in
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On Dec 8, 1:10*pm, thorn wrote:
No frost in Nuuk, Greenland since 18 of november, the mean temp is
normaly around -5.http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/vejrarkiv-gl?region=7&year=20
10&month=11
Here in Reykjavik the frost got down to -10, but on snowless ground
it felt bitterly cold at times.
And you Anglo-saxons are having a real winter, a typical Icelandic
februar weather in England.
Scotland got much colder and than Reykjavik in normal winter.
But the tide is turning for Reykjavik, the next few days with
temps around +5 to +8 and some rain.
it will feel warm after the frost.

Speaking as a Celt, may I ask you what Germanic tribes make up the
Icelandic? Zer Vebwericlod?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10712214 tells you all you need to
know; the Scandinavian and the British population is the main source.
The full paper is available from the link as well as the abstract.

Alan