The Norwegian people I have met have been very interesting. Even in Oslo, which is in the southern end of Norway, there is a light season or polar days in the summer and a dark season or polar nights in the winter. Oslo is similar in latitude to Anchorage, Alaska. According to the Anchorage Convention and Travel bureau website, Anchorage gets 7 hours of functional daylight on the winter soltice, the shortest day and longest night of the year. During the summer solstice, it is stated there is 24 hours of functional daylight. In Oslo, there is a similar abount of daylight during the year. Having never lived in an arctic region, it is difficult to get used to the never ending sun in the summer, I am continueally surprised when I look at the time. The next three pictures are things that are not as useful in polar regions during the 24 hours of sunlight.
Sitting arounf a bonfire at midnight is not quite as spectacular when there is 24 hours of daylight.
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