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Definition of Midnight sun

1. Noun. The sun visible at midnight (inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circles).

Definition of Midnight sun

1. Noun. The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set, but only approaches the horizon, at midnight; occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midnight Sun

Literary usage of Midnight sun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Verses by Robert William Service (1907)
"THE CREMATION OF SAM McGEE There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; Tlie Arctic trails have their secret tales That ..."

2. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1882)
"THE LAND OF THE midnight sun. THE midnight sun. PAUL DU CHAILLU, who gained so much celebrity in former times as an African traveller, has reappeared before ..."

3. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"Interview with the Minister—his literary attainments-^ Expedition to view the midnight sun—its Elevation above the Horizon during the Summer ..."

4. Has the North Pole Been Discovered?: An Analytical and Synthetical Review of by Thomas F. Hall (1917)
"The midnight sun would, therefore, be 38 minutes of a degree below his horizon, ... But the midnight sun was approaching Cook's horizon at the rate of 35 ..."

5. Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark, and Lapland by Bayard Taylor (1858)
"THE midnight sun. MOST of the travellers who push as far north as Ham- ... experience of the midnight sun, and return with the same steamer to Drontheim. ..."

6. The Intellectual Observer (1864)
"THE midnight sun. BY THOMAS W. BUEE, FEAS, FCE THE December number of the ... red midnight sun," we shall presently see there is an astronomical blunder. ..."

7. Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures [in] Sweden, Denmark, and Lapland by Bayard Taylor (1883)
"THE midnight sun. MOST of the travellers who push as far ... content themselves with one experience of the midnight sun, and return with the same steamer to ..."

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