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Can you name the countries that have land or territory from which only the North Pole is due north?
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paranoid_android
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If the Arctic Ice disappeared, these countries have at least 1 point where it would be possible to sail due north to the North Pole, even if by passing through another country's territorial waters.
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Sailing to the North Pole Quiz
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HiddenPalace
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Jul 10th, 2010 at 01:14 GMT
2 points
Nice quiz. Weren't we discussing a similar concept recently?
koopa08
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Jul 10th, 2010 at 03:15 GMT
2 points
Great quiz. Missed Morocco.
paranoid_android
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Jul 10th, 2010 at 07:07 GMT
2 points
@Hidden Palace; Yes! I've also had a south one prepared since the end of May, but it has more than 60 countries on it and I know it is going to take me a few hours to check its accuracy before I go live with it, so I've sent this baby version out on its own first.
Pit_trout
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Jul 10th, 2010 at 10:35 GMT
1 point
Is Spain from the Canary Islands? If so, it might me nice to point that out in the displayed answer? Cool quiz — really simple concept, but works well!
paranoid_android
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Jul 10th, 2010 at 10:54 GMT
1 point
Spain is from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Denmark is not only from the obvious Greenland, but also from the Faroe Islands. I will add this info to the answers.
Ciolf
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Jul 10th, 2010 at 17:36 GMT
2 points
Great quiz. Who missed Russia??
exackerly
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Jul 10th, 2010 at 22:03 GMT
2 points
Somebody should do South Pole, that would be a much longer list...
paranoid_android
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Jul 11th, 2010 at 08:28 GMT
1 point
@exackerly: I have prepared a South Pole (Antarctica) one, but it needs checking as it has over 60 countries on it and I need it to be accurate before it goes out.
Riko
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Jul 11th, 2010 at 19:12 GMT
7 points
oy. i was so convinced there was at least one south pacific island that lined up with the bering straight that i missed a few much easier ones. great quiz. 5/5
Trazom
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Jul 13th, 2010 at 23:52 GMT
1 point
Nice one. Please fix to accept US for United States? Thanks.
simo
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Jul 14th, 2010 at 06:44 GMT
0 points
looking at the source, i'm not sure iceland works. it seems to be just overlapped by the northeast part of greenland
simo
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Jul 14th, 2010 at 06:49 GMT
1 point
in fact i don't think the canary islands work for that same reason
tkeene
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Jul 14th, 2010 at 12:34 GMT
2 points
Greenland's most easterly point is at 11.66 West, therefore Iceland (24.51W-13.49W) and Spain (The Canary Islands (18.13W-13.44W)) are not valid. Also Cape Verde (25.25W-22.68W), Senegal (17.53W) and Porgual (Madeira, 16.96W) are not. Ireland (10.60W-7.65W) and Morocco (17.09W-9.31W) are fine.
paranoid_android
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Jul 14th, 2010 at 21:21 GMT
2 points
@simo + tkeene: Thanks, for some reason I missed the extreme north easternmost tip of Greenland and have now removed Spain and Iceland from the answers. I think I made an assumption with Iceland, and then perpetuated this with Spain. As Cape Verde, Senegal and Portugal were never in the answers, I've not done anything with this. Many apologies.
paranoid_android
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Jul 14th, 2010 at 21:44 GMT
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@Trazom: I've followed the same Sporcle standard used on the Countries of the World and Countries of North America quiz, which is to accept USA, but not US.
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