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On June 21, ON the Arctic Circle, the sun descends lower and lower as if it were

about to set, but when it just touches the horizon, it begins to climb higher again,

never having actually 'set'.

Everywhere north of the Arctic Circle, the sun has already been up continuously,

since some time before the solstice, and it'll stay up for the same length of time

after it. The farther north you are, the more time has gone by since the last time

the sun set. In some places just north of the line, it may have been only a few

days. At the extreme, if you're at the north pole, then the sun has been up since

March 21, and it'll stay up until September 22.

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