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The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Midnight Sun Run is a ten-kilometer (6.2 mi) road running event, held annually since 1983 in Fairbanks, Alaska, it attracts participants from across the United States and from around the world. The race takes place on the third Saturday of June each year, starting at 10 p.m. with the boom of a cannon that can be ...
Equinox Marathon: Fairbanks, Alaska ... New York City Marathon: New York, New York ... Nunavut Midnight Sun Marathon: Arctic Bay, Nunavut
Midnight Sun Marathon may refer to: Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon in Norway; ... Midnight Sun Run, a 10 K race in Fairbanks, Alaska This page was last edited on ...
By May 1, the sun is up for 19 hours, and by May 10 or 11 (depending on the year's relationship to the nearest leap year), the sun stays above the horizon for the entire day. This phenomenon is known as the midnight sun. The sun does not set for 83 days, until August 1 or 2 (again, depending on the year's relationship to the nearest leap year ...
After getting 30 minutes of daylight, the town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow – saw its final sunset of the year on Monday as it enters a "polar night." The sun won't return ...
Weather.com -- Early Monday morning, the sun set briefly in Barrow, Alaska, something that won't be seen there again in more than two months. At 2:09 a.m. ADT Monday, America's northernmost city ...
Growden Memorial Park is an outdoor park in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Originally called Memorial Park, the park was renamed in 1964 in memory of James Growden who, along with his two sons, lost his life in the tsunami created by the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964. Growden had been active in youth activities in Fairbanks for a number of ...
Beach, whose fastest clocking at the distance is 2:26:29 at the 1981 New York City Marathon, won the Midnight Sun Marathon in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1976 and the Gettysburg Marathon in 1978. [4] Beach reached the top of the list of what Boston Marathon organizers call 'streakers' in 2013 after longtime leader Neil Weygandt opted not to enter.