![]() Since it's not really a hometown, most people don't live here for too many years before they move somewhere else, so the celebration here is not a family day. If that same person saved a Dime every day. A person born on this day will be 6 years old today. equinox The dates when the Sun crosses Earth’s equator and the lengths of day and night are equal.solstice The dates when the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest daylight hours of the year. If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi. There were 194 days remaining until the end of the year. air base that used to be here, and now it exists for transportation (the airport) and science reasons. Jwas the 172 nd day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. The science station director told me that it is not a very big event here in Kanger because the town here is not the native home of anyone. ![]() It is an annual folk festival on June 21, which is the summer solstice in most years. Greenland Day is my third national holiday on this trip I was in Denmark and Sweden for the national day of each of those countries too! Greenland's National Day was established in 1983. I've been sleeping with an eye mask, so I sleep with darkened eyes. Today there is also a full moon the last time there was a full moon on the summer solstice was 1967! It's a funny feeling to go to bed and sleep while it is light outside the tent all night long! It does get colder at night, but there is still light. ![]() In December these will be reversed, and it will be dark all the time here in Kanger. is confused and shows sunset before sunrise! The Antarctic Circle has 24 hours of darkness at this time. Today GPS A Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system used to track the location or position of objects on the Earth’s surface. ![]() In fact, the definition of the Arctic Circle is the region near the North Pole where summer brings daylight all the time. Building Energy Exchange reserves the right to cancel the workshop until June 15, 2016. What that means here inside the Arctic circle is that the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, so we have daylight for all 24 hours at this time of year. The Earth very slowly changes its tilt from one hemisphere to the other, northern tilted toward the sun and then southern tilted toward the sun. Can you guess when the other solstice is? It's December 21 or so, six months from now! When you look at a globe, it is always shown at a tilt, leaning a little to one side. June 20, is the summer solstice! This is one of two days during the year when the Earth is at its greatest tilt. ![]()
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