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What is the reason that the sun doesn't set on the north pole in the summer?
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∙ 9y ago
If you had been at the north pole for the whole day on June 21 of this year, you would have noticed the sun at an altitude of about 23 degrees 26 minutes 14 seconds around the first hour of the day. The sun would have reached a maximum of 23 degrees 26 minutes and 18 seconds in the early afternoon. By the end of the day, it would have begun its slow descent and it would be at 23 degrees 26 minutes 16 seconds. These slight changes wouldn't be noticeable to you. You would just see the sun going around the sky, staying at 23 degrees 26 minutes throughout the entire 24 hour period.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe earth's axis sits at an angle of about 23 degrees relative to its orbit. In the summer, the north pole points toward the sun, and there's a period of several weeks where the sun never goes below the horizon. In the winter, the opposite occurs: the north pole points away from the sun and the sun never gets above the horizon.
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∙ 9y agoThe sun does not set in the North Pole during the summer months because of the extreme tilt of the Earth's axis. This phenomenon is called polar day or midnight sun.
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∙ 11y agoBecause it is freezing in the North Pole
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∙ 13y agosmelly
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When the north pole is facing the sun is it summer or winter in the north?
When the North pole is closer to the Sun, it is summer, or more specifically between the Vernal and Autumnal equinoxes, in the North. That means it is Spring or Summer.
Does the North Pole have warm summers?
In the north pole, the sun is out in the summer and its sort of warm.
How does electricity affect the North Pole?
well it doesnt
Is the greenhouse effect the reason for the melting of the North Pole ice?
Yes, the enhanced greenhouse effect is the reason of melting the ice of north pole.
Is it ever summer in the North Pole?
yes, it's just not what we would consider summer
Why does the sun not set at the north pole in the summer?
During the winter solstice, the North Pole is tilted 23.5 degrees away from the sun. This is the reason why the Arctic Circle does not receive any sunlight.
When the north pole is facing the sun is it summer or winter in the north?
When the North pole is closer to the Sun, it is summer, or more specifically between the Vernal and Autumnal equinoxes, in the North. That means it is Spring or Summer.
When it is winter at the north pole what season is it at the south pole?
Summer.
Does the North Pole have warm summers?
In the north pole, the sun is out in the summer and its sort of warm.
How does electricity affect the North Pole?
well it doesnt
Where is it cold in summer in North America?
Near the North Pole and on top of mountains. Even in the summer, the region near the North Pole in Canada and Alaska, and on the tallest mountains, it still is somewhat cold in the summer.
Does the North Pole get dark in summer?
Yes
Can summer have snow?
yes, only in north pole, south pole, sometimes Arctic.
Is the greenhouse effect the reason for the melting of the North Pole ice?
Yes, the enhanced greenhouse effect is the reason of melting the ice of north pole.
When the North Pole points toward the sun what season is it in North America?
Summer
Is it ever summer in the North Pole?
yes, it's just not what we would consider summer
When the North Pole points in the direction of the sun Is this occurs during winter in Northern Hemisphere?
No. Whichever pole is tilted toward the sun, its hemisphere is having Summer. (The tilt is the reason. It has nothing to do with distances from the sun.)
