The Arctic

Spitsbergen lies so far north — it is over 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle — - the sun shines there for 24 hours a day, from late April to late August.

Northern Light
Spitsbergen lies so far north — it is over 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle — the sun shines there for 24 hours a day, from late April to late August.

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