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Land of the Midnight Sun
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the Far North.
Quotations
1925
. . . the very rim of the world, the home of the Eskimo, the Land of the Midnight Sun.
1942
This "land of the midnight sun" is larger than Canada's Prairie Provinces put together but there is hardly a person on it.
1966
North of the 60th parallel is "The Land of the Midnight Sun." Days are long and nights short in summer and temperatures range from about a low of 40 degrees at night to 80 or even 90 on some days.