Norway has been hit by a bomb blast in the capital and a shooting attack at a youth camp.
Tressa Skofterud usually works in an office 300 yards from the blast in Oslo but stayed home on Friday.
We are looking for a city at the very top of Europe that has the world’s northernmost botanical garden.
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The Geo Quiz involves an unusual beauty contest in a city we’d like you to name. The Vikings founded this trading post at the mouth of the Nidelva River. This weekend 150 men from 15 countries flew into western Norway for the World Beard and Moustache Championships. Download MP3
The Land of the Rising Sun has become for some The Land of Rising Radiation Levels. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami has cartoonists morphing the red disc in Japan’s flag into everything from a radiation hazard symbol to a skull.
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The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan spawn multiple images of a famous Japanese woodblock print. The tangled role of oil in the world’s response to Libya, and the space shuttle Discovery retires into the arms of another beached phenom.
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For today’s Geo Quiz, we’re searching for an ocean strait between the North Sea and Kattegat Bay. Denmark lies to the south – Norway and Sweden, respectively, to the north and east. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
For the Geo Quiz, we’re looking for a Norwegian seaport up above the Arctic Circle: 240 miles north of the Arctic Circle to be more precise. It’s in the extreme northeast corner of Norway, near the border with Russia. The port looks out onto a bay that’s part of the Barents Sea. Cruise ships that ply these waters have to be on the lookout for floating icebergs and fjords. This northern city is also the northern-most stop for the Hurtigruten cruise line. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
For the Geo Quiz we were looking for a place where there are no crowds. It’s a cluster of islands in the North Atlantic about halfway between Iceland and Norway and has been selected by the National Geographic Traveler as the most appealing island destination.Download MP3
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Experts often warn of the financial costs of climate change. But some countries could stand to benefit from the warming of the planet. Melting ice caps in the Arctic could lead to new transportation routes. And that could be lucrative for a country like Norway. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks to Norway’s foreign minister, Jonas Gahr Støre. Download MP3
Winner of this year’s prestigious International Ibsen Award, Norwegian writer Jon Fosse is considered one of Europe’s finest living playwrights. Yet he is virtually unknown in America. Judging from this compelling novella, the neglect is not deserved.
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Most Norwegians seem to support their government’s moratorium on deepwater drilling, especially after the gulf disaster. But not all. The World’s Gerry Hadden visits one town where just about everyone says the environmental risks are worth it. Download MP3 (Photo: Wikipedia user Jarvin)
One of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers figures in today’s Geo Quiz. Norway has a good safety record. But the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is prompting Norwegians to think even more carefully about its offshore drilling…
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The Obama administration is standing by its decision to impose a deep-sea oil drilling moratorium. A judge suspended the ban yesterday but the White House is going to appeal. It says a temporary stop is needed to re-assess the safety of oil rigs in the Gulf in the wake of the BP spill disaster. Other countries like Brazil and Norway are reassessing, too. Michael Klare is the author of “Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy.” Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
