the midnight sun
`` But it ca n't be , '' argued the boy . `` Look how the sun is shining . '' `` You must realize where you are , '' was the reply . `` We are so far north , my boy , that we are in the land of the midnight sun . From now on we will have daylight all the while . We are nearing the pole , where it is light six months of the year , and dark the other six . We are having summer here , now . ''