"The first attempt to run trawler fishing off Iceland was made in 1899 by an Englishman who had settled in Hafnarfjörður. The name of the ship was Utopia, which was prophetic because the enterprise came to nothing and was abandoned that same autumn."
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Gunnar Karlsson Iceland's 1100 Years . Hurst. Kindle Edition.
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