Iceberg

For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for the name of the Antarctic ice shelf that’s gotten a lot smaller recently. A chunk of ice about the size of New York City has broken away and shattering into a mass of icebergs. The answer is the Wilkins Ice Shelf. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with glaciologist […]

We’re looking for a part of the North American continental shelf that sits under water, just off the coast of Newfoundland.The answer is the Grand Banks. Marine archaeologist Dwight Coleman tells anchor Marco Werman about an ongoing project to explore the shipwrecks and underwater landscape of the Grand Banks.

Today’s answer is the Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean. That’s where the Greenpeace ship “Esperanza” is tailing a Japanese whaling ship. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Jonah Fisher who is aboard the Greenpeace ship.

For the Geo Quiz, we’re looking for a Norwegian seaport up above the Arctic Circle: It’s in the extreme northeast corner of Norway, near the border with Russia. This northern city is also the northern-most stop for the Hurtigruten cruise line.