The seasonal changes near the Arctic Circle form the setting for the transitions of the natural world in the unique picture book Arctic Lights Arctic Nights. Beginning with the summer solstice near Fairbanks, Alaska, lyrical text and paintings depict monthly transitions of the natural world in "The Land of the Midnight Sun", evoking the beauty and drama of the dynamics of light and darkness in the North, the extreme variations of temperature as well as the seasonal patterns of migration, hibernation and adaptations of the wildlife – snowshoe hare, moose, ptarmigans, grizzly bears, sandhill cranes, ground squirrels, caribou, wolves, trumpeter swans and ravens. The glossary introduces unique terms to readers of natural phenomena such as alpenglow, blinks, glints, sundogs and diamond dust as well as seasonal concepts of the equinox and solstice.