Santa Claus is usually good news for tourism—and locales all over the world embrace their proximity to the Christmas figure ...

When one of the poles points more toward the Sun than the other pole, that half of the planet gets more sunlight than the other half, and it’s summer in that hemisphere. When that pole tilts away from ...

David Norris nears the top of Mount Marathon during his record-setting win in the annual race on Thursday, July 4, 2024 in ...

Kimber, who coached his daughter Sydnee to four straight state titles — all of which he says “she earned, she was not the ...

In its January to March 2025 outlook, the NWS said polar vortex winds were expected to remain strong through January, meaning there was a low to medium (20 to 50 percent) chance of a modest cold snap ...

The midnight sun keeps Antarctica endlessly illuminated for 6 months of the year. Polar night, which sees perpetual darkness, ...

As December 21, 2024, approaches, billions of people in the Northern Hemisphere will witness the winter solstice—the shortest ...

It feels like only yesterday that the clocks went back, and it’s already time for the shortest day of the year. Also known as ...

Juneau, a popular cruise port in summer ... comes early to Alaska in winter, but by February — six weeks after the winter solstice in a city that’s a two-hour flight north of Seattle ...

North Pole, Alaska North Pole, Alaska ... Massachusetts, with summer vacations, although the town is filled with holiday charm in the offseason. You may not want to swim in the frigid Atlantic ...

Winter solstice is the shortest day of year, longest night of the year and the official first day of winter in the Northern ...