Fair enough in the south, but who needs them in the land of the midnight sun?

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Or how a single dog-sled mush under the midnight sun of Alaska might have gained Gore three votes there and the White House?

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Several hours later, in the honey-dipped low light of the midnight sun, a polar bear was spotted on an ice floe, finishing his dinner.

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Yukon Brewing Company offers tours of this award-winning brewery, the home of such libations as Espresso Stout, made with local espresso from Midnight Sun Coffee Roaster.

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The Welsh - minus eight key players including Gareth Bale, Simon Davies and Danny Gabbidon - weathered Iceland's storm in the land of the midnight sun and Toshack's young side regained a foothold in this friendly.

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During the summer months, Antarctica -- the southern most tip of the globe -- is transformed into a bewitching "Land of the Midnight Sun, " where the sun never dips below the horizon, instead continuously moving in circles.

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Accompanied by a full string orchestra, he plays "Midnight Sun" with gravitas and then, a few tracks later, engages in a harmonica-and-bass duet (with Marc Johnson) on the "Spartacus Love Theme" that's more about intimacy than grandeur.

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The North Cape is known as one of the few places in Norway where you can experience the midnight sun, a natural phenomena of 24 hours of sunlight occurring only in summer in certain spots above the Arctic Circle.

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Then I road-tripped through some of the most remote parts of Iceland under the midnight summer sun.

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