Summer is the most popular time to visit Anchorage, with most visitors arriving between May and September. Alaska's famous "midnight sun" brings long, lingering daylight and short nights (solstice ...

If you want to experience the most "midnight sun," plan to cruise ... of the phenomenon in late summer and early fall, it's not guaranteed. As southeast Alaska typically has more precipitation ...

Smithsonian Magazine reports that the summer solstice is celebrated in Sweden by dancing around a maypole. In Fairbanks, Alaska, people watch a baseball game under the midnight sun. In Iceland ...