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DK People & Places: Scandinavia & Iceland

NORWEGIAN FJORD WHERE DO MOST SCANDINAVIANS LIVE? WHY IS TIMBER SO IMPORTANT TO FINLAND? DO SCANDINAVIANS HAVE A GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING? DO SCANDINAVIANS PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT? WHERE IS THE LAND…

DK People & Places: South America

THE ANDES FACTFILE: SOUTH AMERICAFIND OUT MOREThe triangular continent of South America stretches from north of the equator almost down to the Antarctic Circle. It contains three very different…

DK People & Places: Southeast Asia

HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE REGION? HOW IS RICE FARMING CHANGING IN THE REGION? WHICH COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF 13,677 ISLANDS? WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION ON THE MAINLAND? WHERE IS THE RING OF…

DK People & Places: Southeast Europe

HOW DID THE RECENT CIVIL WAR IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AFFECT THIS REGION? WHY WAS ALBANIA CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD FOR 50 YEARS? WHERE IS THE VALLEY OF THE ROSES? WHICH SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COUNTRY IS…

DK People & Places: Southern Africa

CAN ANYONE LIVE IN THE KALAHARI DESERT? HOW HAVE BORDERS MADE LIFE DIFFICULT? WHERE ARE GOLD AND DIAMONDS FOUND? WHAT ARE THE SPRINGBOKS? WHAT IS APARTHEID? IS SOUTHERN AFRICA CHANGING? FACTFILE…

DK People & Places: Southern Asia

WHY DO HINDU PILGRIMS GATHER AT VARANASI? HOW ARE HIKERS DAMAGING THE HIMALAYAS? WHY IS BANGLADESH PRONE TO FLOODING? WHICH ISOLATED COUNTRY IS RULED BY THE DRAGON KING? WHAT IS CITY LIFE LIKE IN…

DK People & Places: Southern South America

HOW LONG IS THE AMAZON RIVER? WHAT ARE THE PAMPAS? WHAT ARE FAVELAS? DO NATIVE INDIANS STILL LIVE IN THE RAINFORESTS? WHAT IS SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST SOUTHERLY TOWN? WHY HAVE SO MANY EUROPEANS…

DK People & Places: Africa

FACTFILE: AFRICAFIND OUT MOREAfrica is the second-largest continent in the world after Asia. About 831 million people live there—more than one-tenth of the world’s population. The majority of…

DK People & Places: Antarctica

WHO OWNS ANTARCTICA? WHAT DO SCIENTISTS STUDY IN ANTARCTICA? FACTFILE: ANTARCTICAARCTICFIND OUT MOREThe freezing, inhospitable continent of Antarctica was the last place on Earth to be explored.…

DK People & Places: Asia

MOUNT EVEREST, HIMALAYAS FACTFILE: ASIAFIND OUT MOREAsia is the world’s biggest continent and covers almost a third of the Earth’s land surface. The landscape includes the frozen tundra in the…