If you look at a map of Norway, you will see that a considerable part of the country lies north of the arctic circle. Because the Earths axis to the sun is tilted, in summer, for various amounts of time relative to how far north it is, that part of the country will have midnight sun, i.e. the sun never dips below the horizon - the farther north, the longer the period of midnight sun (and correspondingly the longer the period of polar nights in winter too).
You can see the polar circle as a dotted line on this map:
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/norway.html
2007-03-10 11:52:05
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answered by Maria 4
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Its waaaayyyyy north end of it does the same thing Alaska does in the summer and has a day that is nearly always in sunshine. Were the sun never sets
2007-03-06 20:15:51
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answered by baldy 4
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as earth is tilted , in some seasons like summers of europe it is towards sun and sun never sets ...thats y norway and arcitic region is never have sunset in those 6 months.....................
,.............. mean while norway means .....the land where sun never sets 4 six months...................
2007-03-06 20:34:44
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answered by gupta4world 2
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