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midnight sun

the sun visible at midnight during local summer inside the Arctic and Antarctic circles
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midnight sun

[′mid‚nīt ′sən]
(astronomy)
The sun when it is visible at midnight; occurs during the summer in high latitudes, poleward of the circle at which the latitude is approximately equal to the polar distance of the sun.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The midnight sun is a phenomenon common to the Nordic landscape occurring during the summer - when the sun can be seen at midnight.
In the winter the northernmost parts of Norway tempt travellers with the Northern Lights but during the summer months the Midnight Sun is a unique nature experience you don't want to miss, says the director of tourism in Norway, Per-Arne Tuftin.
Midnight Sun is really best avoided; there's no good reason why a grown-up should spend money on this.
THE Lofoten Islands are a large group of islands located on a rocky peninsular inside the Arctic Circle and is a great location to experience the midnight sun during Norway's summer months.
Between late May and the end of July, the city experiences the phenomenon of "midnight sun," meaning the sun doesn't set for more than 60 days.
He commands Emily and her boyfriend Aaron to travel to the far north and find a mountain by a lake in the Land of the Midnight Sun. They are given a top secret quest and ordered not even to tell their families where they are going.
Mary Albanese (author); MIDNIGHT SUN, ARCTIC MOON; Epicenter Press (Nonfiction: Autobiography & Memoir) 14.95 ISBN: 9781935347170
JOIN the Marco Polo on a 12-night voyage to the land of the Vikings and the Midnight Sun, to the far north of Norway, sailing from Tilbury on June 13.
The concerts will feature unseen film from the lands of the midnight sun on a 32ft wide, high definition screen raised above the orchestra and a score specially arranged and conducted by John Harle.
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