Make a stop in Denali National Park for moose and bear watching before continuing north to Fairbanks. Between mid-May and late July, the sun dips beneath the horizon for only a few hours each night—perfect for long days of exploring. Abisko is home to the Aurora Sky Station and epicenter for aurora experiences in northern Sweden. During summer months, the sun bathes the town in up to 24 hours of sunlight per day. Between late June and mid-July, the Aurora Sky Station offers scenic chairlift rides up the mountainside.
Enjoy a three-course dinner before going on a guided hike to the top of Mount Nuolja, where you can take in sweeping views of the arctic landscape. When to go: Experience the midnight sun in Sweden between late May and July. Head to Svalbard Bryggeri , a craft brewery on the Longyearbyen waterfront, to sip on a cold beer while enjoying ocean views.
Book a wildlife watching cruise online before you go, and keep an eye out for whales and walrus , which are more common during the summer months. The summer months bring lingering sunny days across northern Canada. Whitehorse is a great base for setting out on a road trip north up the mile Klondike Highway to gold rush-era Dawson City; the highway roughly follows the route taken by prospectors during the Gold Rush.
When to go: Visitors will experience longer days between late May and early July, but it never gets darker than dusk from June 15 to Where to stay: Stay at design-forward Klaus K Hotel or book a room in Hotel Lilla Roberts , which is housed in an elegant historic building.
Book a glacier and whale watching tour , try your hand at dog-sledding , or watch the perpetual sunset illuminate the colorful houses of the Myggedalen neighborhood in a golden glow. Head to the end of Isaajap Aqqutaa road in Myggedalen for the picture-perfect view. When to go: While daylight hours are stretched throughout the summer, the sun is visible at midnight from June 17 to Where to stay: Book a room at Greenland Escape for an intimate, cozy stay.
Create a List. List Name Save. Rename this List. Rename this list. List Name Delete from selected List. Save to. Save to:. Save Create a List. Create a list. In winter months, the Earth has traveled to the other side of the Sun causing the North Pole to point away from the Sun.
For example, think back to how high in the sky the sun was during the summer and compare this to where the sun is during the winter. In the winter the Sun will be much lower down towards the horizon, causing there to be less time and distance for it to travel between horizons.
Therefore the sun rises later and sets earlier in the winter compared to the summer, meaning there's less daylight in the winter. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, summer runs from late June to late September; in the Southern Hemisphere, summer occupies the same period winter does north of the equator, late December through late March.
This increase in summer sunlight results from a combination of increasingly earlier sunrises and ever-later sunsets. Why does the planet experience more sunlight in the summer and correspondingly less in the winter? The answer combines basic geometry with basic astronomy, though not in the way you may think.
Earth, on average, is about 93 million miles million kilometers from the sun. The shape of the orbit is not a circle but an ellipse, so the Earth comes as close to around 91 million miles to the sun in January and strays as far as about 95 million miles in July. Clearly, however, it is not this variation that makes the summer months warmer and better-lit than the winter months. Instead, the seasons in their entirety result from the Earth being tilted by
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