Iceland was the first place colonized by the Norse. Even though the Celtic Union colonized much of Iceland there was still some territory for them. Vikings settlers arrived in 765, basing their route on the Celtic ships. The Norse colonized the northern part of the island and the Celtic people colonized the southern. The first settlement, known as the Northern Iceland Settlement, traded supplies with the Celtic settlement to the south, which has been there for almost 300 years. The Norse colony shipped a steady supply of wood and food back to Scandinavia. The population at the settlement at 805 was 2200, and some of the people there had never even seen their homeland. All the people at the Norse settlement knew how to fight and practiced regularly. As Norse settlements went to farther and