Why are days longer in the arctic?

Answer 1

Days are longer in the Arctic only between the vernal equinox (March 21) and the autumnal equinox (September 22). At other times the days are shorter than elsewhere.

Between those dates the north pole is tilted towards the Sun by various amounts, with a maximum of 23.4 degrees on June 21. That means that the area round the north pole is always in sunlight. The area extends as far south as the Arctic Circle on June 21, and people there can see the Midnight Sun. The majority of people in this area live in northern Norway but there are others in Canada, Greenland, Sweden, Finland and Russia as well as Alaska, USA.

Answer 2

The sun does not revolve around the earth but the earth revolves around the sun. It is not a constant revolution on the same path. The reason that we have different temperatures in winter and summer is because the sun is closer to that area in the summer making the temps warmer. The sun also appears at different elevations on the horizon during the year. In the winter it rises low on the horizon and stays low on the horizon. This makes for shorter days and colder temps. The further you go north in the winter, the lower the sun is until it doesn't even rise above the horizon. In the summer it rises and has a different path to follow which takes it on a longer route through the sky giving you more sun time and warmer weather. Remember that the sun does not move but the earth does all the rotating.

Make a calendar of your own. Pay attention to where the sun rises and sets each day and mark it down. Use something on the horizon as reference, a building, a tree, a hill etc. Watch how the sun rises and sets throughout the year. You will be amazed to learn how days in the winter have less sunlight and in the summer they have more.

Answer 3

The planet Earth tilts on its axis, and as a result, when the southern pole is tilted toward the sun (during what we consider to be winter, in the Northern Hemisphere) the northern pole is tilted away from the sun.

Answer 4

Days are longer in the Arctic because of the tilt of the Earth's axis. During the summer months, the North Pole is oriented towards the sun, causing more daylight hours. This phenomenon is known as the midnight sun, where the sun does not set for several days or even weeks.