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Index of Subjects Hi All, Mar 22, 2007 A physical model, such as an apple on a tilted wire for the earth and a bare light bulb, in an otherwise dark room, for the sun, helps to visualize this. The area nearest the north pole, as John implies, is the first to get 24-hr sunlight (early spring) and by the summer solstice this zone of constant daylight has extended downward to the arctic circle.As the season advances to fall, the zone of 24-hr light moves back up to the pole and then, in the period from autumnal equinox to winter solstice, 24-hr darkness first arrives at the pole and then extends downward to the arctic circle. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville John Sollows wrote: > To: Andy > > > > From: John > > > > date: march 21/07 > > > > This morning on CBC radio, they talked with a person who lives way up > north. (I didn't catch the location, but they said it was the most > northerly year-round settlement in Canada). > > > > The settl;ement in question was Grise Fjord, on the southern coast of > Ellesmere island. If Alert lights up about now, I suppose Grise > lighting up a week later makes sense! >
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