Silently drifting into Norway's majestic Trollfjord, flanked by towering mountains, their peaks bathed in golden sunlight, I couldn't believe my eyes. It's almost midnight, yet it feels like the ...

Play above the Arctic Circle at Santa Claus Golf in Lapland—midnight sun lighting pine fairways as reindeer roam. A ...

In the early 1900s, Ernest Shackleton attempted to travel across Antarctica, but as they neared the continent his ship became stuck in an pack of sea ice and was slowly crushed before it reached the ...

Sommarøy’s time-free zone was, in a sense, an attempt by residents to reclaim their connection to a more natural measure of time. After all, every year, the island experiences roughly 1,656 hours of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Thanks to the tilt of the Earth, the nights of the Scandinavian ...

Last month I wrote about the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and their relationship to the solstices. The summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere is June 21. Now let’s talk about how the solstices ...

Discover the best trips to the Arctic. Explore Svalbard polar bears, Greenland fjords, northern lights, and Franz Josef Land ...

UTSJOKI – It was well past midnight when Mihkku Laiti appeared on stage to perform at an open-air music festival in the Finnish village of Utsjoki, north of the Arctic circle. Despite the time, ...