Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Fairbanks, Alaska may have the 'midnight sun', but the Arctic Circle experiences full 24-hour days of sunlight each summer.
At Eagle Summit on the Steese Highway (~2.5 hour drive from Fairbanks), you can experience a night with no sunset, and a full 24 hours of daylight.
This video was captured the night of June 25-26, several days after summer solstice, in order to wait for clear weather.
Eagle Summit (~3,600 ft) is one of the closest spots relative to Fairbanks, where the sun truly does not set on the Summer Solstice. On Solstice in Fairbanks, the sun set at approximately 12:45am, and rose again at 2:56am. After a short drive northeast to Eagle summit, the sun does not set at all!
Filmed with Canon C100 Mark 1, 10mm (15mm equivalent) lens.
Fairbanks, Alaska may have the 'midnight sun', but the Arctic Circle experiences full 24-hour days of sunlight each summer.
At Eagle Summit on the Steese Highway (~2.5 hour drive from Fairbanks), you can experience a night with no sunset, and a full 24 hours of daylight.
This video was captured the night of June 25-26, several days after summer solstice, in order to wait for clear weather.
Eagle Summit (~3,600 ft) is one of the closest spots relative to Fairbanks, where the sun truly does not set on the Summer Solstice. On Solstice in Fairbanks, the sun set at approximately 12:45am, and rose again at 2:56am. After a short drive northeast to Eagle summit, the sun does not set at all!
Filmed with Canon C100 Mark 1, 10mm (15mm equivalent) lens.
