Frigid Islands

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1. Which island is the largest in the Svalbard archipelago and the home of a doomsday seed bank? Hopen Edgeoya Spitzbergen Nordaustlandet

2. This is the most northerly point in Canada, and with the Arctic Cordillera range occupying most of its land area, is that country's most mountainous island as well. What is the name of this island, the world's tenth largest? Bathurst Ellesmere Borden Amund Ringnes

3. Part of the Ross Dependency, which island was the location of the first landing south of the Antarctic Circle? Ross Barents Balleny Freeman

4. Which island was the site of the first Soviet gulag as well as the home of a monastery? Chukchi Kuril Solovetsky Franz Josef

5. On which island, located in Prince Gustav Channel, were the first dinosaur fossils found in Antarctica? James Ross King Gustav Prince Gustav Willem Barjik

6. This island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands and is the home of one of the southernmost churches in the world. It hosts a yearly marathon race and has been entertained by a rock concert. Which island is it? King George Vargistok Prince George Fiero

7. Which Russian island in the Kara Sea was the site of the first Russian arctic radio station in 1915 and was bombarded by the German navy in 1942? Wrangell Lyakhovsky Kuril Dikson

8. Which island was the site of nuclear testing in 1954 and the place where famed arctic explorer Willem Barentz died? Anzhu Novaya Zemlya Hopen Prins Karl Forland

9. Though located in the far north on the Vestmannaeyjar island cluster near Iceland, which island was attacked in 1627 by Turkish pirates? Drangey Heimaey Surtsey Vigur

10. Which Icelandic island is situated on the Arctic Circle, but has such a mild climate that it hosts many diverse plant and animal species? Drangey Engey Eldey Grimsey

11. These islands, designated Big and Little, are split by the International Date Line and one is owned by Russia and the other by the United States. Which islands are these? Diomedes New Siberian De Long Severnaya

12. Which island is the largest in Antarctica, and although its named for a Russian Tsar, is part of British Antarctic Territory? Nicholas Paul Peter Alexander

13. Which island became famous as the site where a shipwrecked Ernest Shackleton and his crew sheltered in 1916? South Georgia Weddell Emperor Elephant

14. This Russian island has a severely cold climate but also a history of ancient human habitation. On which island were stone and ivory tools of humans from around 1700 B.C. discovered? Anzhu Vilkitsky Lyakhovsky Wrangell

15. This island is the most remote island in the world and the site of the mysterious Vela Incident in 1979. Can you name this island which has an Internet code, even though it is uninhabited? Guest Roosevelt Bouvet Spaatz