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It is not true.Only 25% or less of Norway lies within the Arctic circle.Hence the duration of sunlight or night time may slightly more(within a day) in summer and winter respectively.The daytime may be more during March to September.

2007-03-12 03:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0 0

That only happens right at the north or south pole, which are not in Norway.
Any point north of the arctic circle will experience the midnight sun, and the farther north you are, the more midnight suns you will experience. After March 21st (when days are 12 hours long everywhere on the earth), the days get longer each day, until at some point, the sun doesn't set. Every place north of the arctic circle has a midnight sun on June 21st.
At the north pole, you would see the sun rising on March 21st (or actually a few days before that, because the sun has a definite size) and spiral around the sky, slowly getting higher all the time until June 21st, after which it continues to spiral downwards until September 20th (or a few days after that.) Farther south, it's the same effect, only the spiral is tilted, so the sun does dip below the horizon at the beginning and end of the cycle.

2007-03-11 11:54:04 · answer #2 · answered by Rando 4 · 1 0

Only if you are inside the arctic circle does this happen in the winter months.

2007-03-11 08:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by the_emrod 7 · 0 0

in svalbard, an island territory of norway i think they come pretty close to that but not compleatly

2007-03-11 17:53:44 · answer #4 · answered by stevo 1 · 0 0

Here is an artical that addresses your question and much more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun

2007-03-11 09:00:08 · answer #5 · answered by chimneygod 3 · 0 0

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