Formula Offroad Rewards — and Punishes — Icelanders’ Fearless Aggression

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They called them berserkers. Named for the Old Norse word “berserkir,” or “bear shirt,” these hatchets-for-hire terrorized first-millennium Iceland. After whipping themselves into a vein-popping rage, they would scythe furiously through their foes, apparently unable to feel fear or pain. True to their name, they rejected chain-mail armor in favor of fighting in bear skins....
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