Geo answer
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Barents Sea, one of the seas where Norway drills for oil and gas. Norway has some of the toughest regulations anywhere for offshore oil drilling, but The World’s Gerry Hadden reports that the Norwegian government says its standards might not be tough enough. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Oslo.
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