Worth knowing
Norway
The seed vault lies on Svalbard, about halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. Its seeds are kept at minus 18 degrees, and the frozen ground would keep them cold even if the power failed.
Where its story happens
Geirangerfjord, at 62.10°N, 7.09°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Norway
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Norway, the long, narrow country on the western edge of Scandinavia. See Norway on a map.
- The Vikings sailed from its deep, steep-sided fjords.
- In its far north the sun doesn't set for weeks in summer.
- It gave the world the cheese slicer, and it hands out the Nobel Peace Prize.
- A vault dug into a frozen mountain here stores more than a million samples of seed, in case of global disaster.