midnight sun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of midnight sun
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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“From the outset the midnight sun had skewed the case,” Ms. Stevens recalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“We were in the midnight sun, slowly slaloming through huge icebergs, and the light was just incredible when it shone over the icebergs... That was just really beautiful.”
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — It was early April, and while the midnight sun had not yet arrived on the remote archipelago of Svalbard, darkness had begun its annual four-month retreat from the world’s northernmost town.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
First, it has to be the dead of winter, long after the midnight sun sets for the season.
From National Geographic ● Jun. 27, 2018
Because I had seen the midnight sun for the first time on April 7 it was claimed I must have been at a more southern point of the globe than I believed.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
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