waiting for the thaw in Sweden

Long time in coming!  Collector Hakan Schaling waited for the permafrost to leave and collected soil on May 20th, 2005.

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Life expectancy at birth : 82 ( 73 in 1960 )
GDP per capita 2011 :  $57,134

Luxembourg 2005

Ryan Cawley collected soil from Luxembourg on May 1st 2005.

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Life Expectancy at birth : 81 ( 68 in 1960 )
GDP per capita 2011 : $115,377

Singapore's soil

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Singapore's soil was gathered by Humphrey Chang on May 1st 2005.

Life Expectancy at birth : 82 ( 66 in 1960 )
GDP per capita 2011 : $50,087

Denmark's story

The soil from Denmark came from Dragor on April 18th 2005.  It was collected by Niels and Jennifer Larsen.

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Life expectancy at birth: 80 ( 72 in 1960 )
GDP per capita 2011 : $59,581