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Question
Give reasons for the following:
The coasts of Norway are not frozen in winter whereas its adjoining coasts are frozen for most parts of the year.
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Solution
Norway’s coasts do not freeze in the winter, although its neighboring coasts do for most of the year due to the warm North Atlantic Drift.
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