Gold At The North Pole

It's a long day, flying from Dubai to San Franciso over the North Pole. 15 hours 50 minutes flight time, plus your pickup 2 hours 15 mins before takeoff; and the trip to your hotel room, about 2 hours after landing.

For over 20 hours the sun is relentless.

The good news is that, looking South (every direction is South!) from the top of the world, the sun sparkles on the cracks in the ice, and makes it look like veins of gold.