What is Polar days?

Polar days are long days that happen near the top of the world, where the sun stays up for a really long time.

Imagine you live in a place where it’s always summer, no matter how much you count your toys or sing songs. That's kind of what happens during polar days. In places like the North Pole, sometimes the sun doesn’t set at all for weeks! It just keeps shining above the horizon, making everything bright and warm.

Think about your bedroom light. If it stayed on all night long, and then kept going through the next day, and the next, that would feel like having a never-ending summer. That’s what it's like for people living near the poles during polar days. The sun is so high in the sky that it just keeps going around, never giving you a chance to rest.

After many weeks of sunlight, there comes a time when the sun goes down and doesn’t come back for many weeks, those are called polar nights. But until then, the people at the poles enjoy their long, bright days!