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Lightning Detected at the North Pole

  • Writer: Kyle Sooley-Brookings
    Kyle Sooley-Brookings
  • Aug 11, 2019
  • 1 min read


Something very unusual happened near the North Pole on Saturday evening... lightning.


A number of lightning strikes were recorded Saturday evening less than 500 kilometers from the North Pole according to the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska.


The lightning strikes occurred near 85°N and 126°E.


 
 
 

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