Hi, this is Allan C.'s daughter Kelly. I saw the question about "How did Iceland get its name?" Well.. strangely enough, some friends of mine and I were discussing this very question last night. Here are the two theories.

#1 (Not my theory)
The outer ring of Iceland is far colder and more "wintery" than the interior of the island, therefore, when the Norse explorers first landed they thought it was a land of Ice.

#2 (MY theory.. ya know.. the right one)
The Norse word/pronunciation for "Island" sounds like Iceland. They simply refered to their new discovery as what it was.. land surrounded by water. An island. And in our infinate American wisdom, we butchered the spelling to suit our needs ;)
If you doubt that.. just remember.. Americans morphed the word Tsalagi (sah-lah-gee) into Cherokee.
So there's my two cents:)