The Arctic

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1. What was the town of Narvik called during 1887-1902? Victoriahavn Oscarshavn Kongshavn Fredriksvern

2. Finnmark is the northernmost county in Norway. But what town is the seat of the county administration? Vardo Vadso Hammerfest Kirkenes

3. And what town is the seat of the Same or Lapp parliament called the Sameting? Karasjok Karesuando Kautokeino Alta

4. What is the northernmost settlement in the world? Thule, Greenland Siorapaluk, Greenland Ny Alesund, Svalbard Nordvik, Russia

5. What is the northernmost settlement in the world with more than 1000 inhabitants? Upernavik, Greenland Inuvik, Canada Barrow, Alaska Longyearbyen, Svalbard

6. What is the northernmost town in the world with more than 5000 inhabitants? Pevek, Russia Barrow, Alaska Hammerfest, Norway Tiksi, Russia

7. What is the northernmost town in the world with more than 50,000 inhabitants? Tromso, Norway Murmansk, Russia Anchorage, Alaska Severomorsk, Russia

8. What is the northernmost city in the world with more than 100,000 inhabitants? Murmansk, Russia Trondheim, Norway Anchorage, Alaska Reykjavik, Iceland

9. What is the northernmost city in the world with more than 500,000 inhabitants? Stockholm, Sweden Oslo, Norway Helsinki, Finland Murmansk, Russia

10. What is the northernmost capital in the world? Helsinki, Finland Nuuk, Greenland Reykjavik, Iceland Oslo, Norway

11. What is the northernmost of Canada's regional capitals? Iqualuit, Nunavut Yellowknife, North West Territories Whitehorse, Yukon Victoria, British Columbia

12. What is the northernmost point in Canada? Cape Sheridan Cape Columbia Cape Thomas Hubbard Cape Isachsen

13. Is any point in Iceland north of the Arctic circle? Yes or no? Answer: (One Word)

14. What is the northernmost point in Greenland? Cape Farewell Cape Ravn Cape Brewster Cape Morris Jessup

15. What is the northernmost point on the Russian mainland? Cape Kanin Cape Karlsen Cape Belyy Cape Chelyuskin

16. The northernmost point in Russia is on an island or island group. Which one? Severnaya Zemlya Sakhalin Novaya Zemlya Franz Josef Land

17. Who was the first to sail the Northwest Passage? Henry Larsen Fridtjof Nansen Roald Amundsen Adolf Erik Nordenskiold

18. Who was the first to sail the Northeast Passage? Vitus Bering Fridtjof Nansen Adolf Erik Nordenskiold Roald Amundsen

19. What is the biggest city in Siberia north of the Arctic circle? Salekhard Dudinka Norilsk Khatanga

20. What is the northernmost settlement in Canada with more than 3000 inhabitants? Inuvik Coppermine Fort McPherson Iqaluit

21. One of Canada's arctic settlements is named after one of Roald Amundsen's ships. Which one? Resolute Bay Clyde Repulse Bay Gjoa Haven

22. The Russian province of Yakutia is partly self-governed. What is the official name of the province? Sakha Khakassia Chuvashia Altay

23. What is the northermost settlement in USA with more than 3000 inhabitants? Barrow, Alaska Nome, Alaska Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska

24. In 1928 Umberto Nobile led an expedition with a zeppelin across the North Pole. The zeppelin crashed and several people died. What was the name of this zeppelin? Italia Norway Norge Italy

25. In what country is the magnetic North Pole located? Greenland Canada Svalbard, Norway In no particular country