In the vast expanse of sea between Scotland and Norway lies the archipelago of Shetland, a 70-mile-long tangle of rock and cliff which provides home and livelihood for some 17,000 British citizens. Shetland is the northernmost part of Britain.
Though politically British, these people are first and foremost Shetlanders, who have never forgotten that Shetland once belonged to the Norsemen of Scandinavia until it was pawned to the Kingdom of Scotland as part of a thoroughly dubious marriage settlement 501 years ago.
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