Land of the Midnight Sun
Located 69 degrees 40 ft N of the Artic Circle
Area: 960 sq. miles
Midnight sun: May 21st - July 23rd
Dark period: November 25th - January 21st


Picture taken at exactly midnight, 1380 ft above Tromsø - 1996

Tromsø in 2001 with Hurtigruten in the background


At Scandic hotel -1996


The sun's position during a day in North Cape, Norway

Hippo vows to return in winter to catch the Northern Lights (aurola borealis)

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