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Pete the Pirate was the captain of the most loyal crew 

in the seven seas. One day, Pete heard of an enormous 

ship full of gold and loot headed towards a place known 

as Brazil, not to far from them, on the first day of 

Summer. "Alright, crew. We've got ourselves a new 

mission!" 

So they set out in the last month of Spring from their 

Caribbean home to ambush the ship. Pete had the most 

devious plan. "We'll get there before the ship arrives, 

wait at the port for a week or so, and then ambush the 

ship when it gets close, takin' everything that isn't 

bolted to the floors!" Pete thought to himself. "This is 

too good.. I'm going to get so tan!"

Along their voyage, it only got hotter. "We're gettin' 

closer to the equator, men!" Pete shouted. They 

navigated by turning almost straight away from the 

North Star, Polaris. Headed straight south,they 

made it to Brazil record time. But something wasn't 

right. It was... colder? And was that... SNOW?!? 

The crew docked and Pete, infuriated and baffled, went 

to the nearest person for an explanation. "What be the 

meanin' of this?!" Pete shouted at the man that was 

nearest to him. "What do you mean?" he said, confused. 

"I mean, why is it on the 21st of June, lad!"

The man looked at Pete like he had just asked him why 

aliens don't wear hats. "Because today's the Winter 

Solstice?" It was Pete's turn to be confused. "What!? We 

left but a month ago, on May 21st! It's supposed to be 

the first day of summer!"

 Realization dawned on the man's face. "Where might 

you be from, sir?" Pete looked angry. "I'm from the 

Caribbean. Why does it matter?" Pete snapped. "Sir, you 

may want to sit down. This is going to take a while."

"SLOW DOWN!!!" Pete cried, hopelessly confused. 

"Sorry," the man said. "Here. I'll take you step by 

step. By the end of today, you'll be an informational 

pro on the seasons!"

The man took a deep breath. "The earth rotates on 

the tilt of its axis, at 23.5 degrees. The axis only 

points to one location throughout the year; the 

North star, Polaris. So, during it's ellipse-shaped 

revolution around the sun, sometimes one half, or 

hemisphere, gets more sun than the other." 

"This effects the temperature because the sun's rays are hitting the 

hemisphere pointed towards it dead on, but the one facing away 

from the sun is getting hit at an angle, giving it less heat. When 

that happens, the one getting more sun is experiencing Summer. 

The one pointing away from the sun is having Winter. Right now, 

the North Pole is pointing more or less towards the sun, which is 

why you were having Spring-going-on-Summer up in the northern 

hemisphere. Down here in the southern hemisphere, however, we 

are having the first day of Winter because we are facing away from 

the sun."

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