Subdivisions of Scotland

We’re in Scotland for the Geo Quiz, in the city where Robert Burns started to make a name for himself in the late 1780’s, and where his portrait now hangs in the Scottish National Gallery.

The Shetland Islands oil spill brings back commentator Alix White’s memories of another spill more than 15 years ago.

Stephen Beard reports from the Shetland Islands on the Braer tanker disaster. As hosts to one of Europe’s largest tanker terminals, Shetlanders have taken strict and successful precautions against spills from their own operations, and they are angry that the regulations did not apply to passing tanker traffic.

The answer to today’s Geoquiz is Inverie , a small village on the Knoydart Peninsula in Scotland that’s home to the most remote pub on mainland Britain. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with pub owner, Jackie Robertson, about the pub’s popularity.