Re: [Paddlewise] Midnight Sun Navigatio Question

At 12:43 pm 21/07/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Yesterday I was in a discussion with someone who claimed that in the summer
>above the artic circle the sun traverses the northern horizon.  I thought it
>should be traversing to the south.  Can any of the northern Paddlewisers
>answer the question?

It happens in the southern hemisphere too, only opposite (still rises in
the east though).

>My expectation is that the sun would appear to travel
>from east to west, low to the southern horizion at Midnight and high at
>Noon.
>
>Curious minds want to know.
>
>Dana Dickson

1.) The sun and everything else will always be to the south of you if you
are standing at the North Pole.

2.) If you are not standing at the north pole it is possible to look north.

3.) The sun follows the horizon and is visible for 24 hours (you're north
of the Arctic Circle in summer) Therefore the sun can be north or south of
you dependant on the time of day.

Alex
Alex (Sandy) Ferguson
Chemistry Department
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
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