How is it that as we go towards the poles the hours of day keep increasing or decreasing?

Question

For example: in the summer solstice the 0 degree has 12 hours day and 12 hours night and as we go towars the north pole the hours of day keep on increasing until at the north pole we have 24 hours day, and as we go towards the south pole the nours of day keep n decreasing until at the south pole we have 24 hours night(darkness)

Answer 1

Since the earth is tilted on its axis, there is times when the north pole points directly at the sun so it gets 24 hrs daylight. At the same time the south pole is always dark because it is in the earths shadow. 6 months later the poles are reversed and the opposite is true

Answer 2

actually it is not the solstice but the equinox where day and night hours are balanced. This occurs when the tilt axis of the earth is exactly transverse to the direction to the sun, making the earth rotation the primary effect on day/night duration. In other positions of the annual orbit of the earth around the sun, the tilt axis favors various lattitudes with exented daylight. This is the origin of seasons, and the reason the southern lattitudes have reversed seasons. The effect is maximized at the poles, giving rise to the "midnight sun". and is least noticable at the equator.

Answer 3

because the tilt on the earths axis