☀️ The Sun at the Top of the World

A Guide for North Pole City Visitors

Welcome to NorthPole.City where Santa’s workshop hums year-round as little elves scurry about with glorious glee! Rudolph is always on standby to take you aloft into the Arctic skies. Frosty is eager to tell you about the alluring auroras of the Great North and the Christmas Star that does a figure eight about the local North Pole City skies every 12 hours. The sky does one other thing that would baffle anyone who grew up south of the Arctic Circle. One of the strangest things about living at 90° North is what the Sun does or doesn’t do. Let’s walk through the enchanted year.🎅

🌞 Summer Solstice (Around June 21) — The Midnight Sun

The elves are working overtime preparing for Christmas In July. Santa’s workshop lights are off because they don’t need them.

At the North Pole on the summer solstice, the Sun does something almost magical: it never sets. Not even close. Instead, it glides in a slow, lazy circle around the entire horizon, like a golden marble rolling around the rim of a bowl. It sits at about 23.5° above the horizon all day long. It’s never high overhead, but always there, bathing everything in warm, golden, slanted light.

The Magical Midnight Sun

This is actually the beginning of a 6-month stretch of continuous daylight. The Sun rose back around the Spring Equinox and won’t set again until the Fall Equinox. Some people joke that Frosty the Snowman and Jack Frost flee to the South Pole during the seriously sunny Summers. However, it’s still moderately cold, and they both appreciate sunlight.

🌅 Autumn Equinox (Around September 22) — The Long Goodbye

Santa does a final pre-season inventory check as the Naughty Or Nice List is nearly finalized. This is the last day of full sunlight for a while as North Pole City prepares for Halloween.

At both the Spring and Autumn Equinox, the North Pole experiences the most dramatic sunset and sunrise imaginable. The Sun spends the entire day skimming exactly along the horizon, circling all the way around the compass at 0° elevation. It doesn’t rise above it or dipping below. It’s neither day nor night. It’s a 24-hour, 360° sunset creating a continuous panorama of breathtaking colors. Read The Rest Of The Sunny Story At North Pole City…🌞