Which country is known as 'The Land of the Midnight Sun'?
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Which country is known as 'The Land of the Midnight Sun'?
✓ Correct answer: a) Norway
ExplanationNorway is a country in the north of Europe.Norwegian is the national language.There are two official written versions of Norwegian called Bokmål and Nynorsk.Due to Earth's tilted axis, the North Pole faces the sun during summer, causing continuous daylight above the Arctic Circle for several weeks.Svalbard in Norway experiences the longest period of this phenomenon, known as the midnight sun.Thus it is known as the 'The Land of the Midnight Sun'.Hence, the correct answer is Option A i.e Norway.
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