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 ...

In 1968 the big race was the Midnight Sun 600 race from Anchorage to Fairbanks. It was Alaska racing at its most exciting: cold thrills, cold chills and cold spills. Did I mention it was cold?

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 ...