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A year in Svalbard is marked by two unusual periods of light: polar night and midnight sun. Polar night runs from mid-November to the end of January, when the sun doesn’t rise above the horizon.
Colorful houses dot the landscape along Nuuk, Greenland, which, despite being the country's capital, is a small city of fewer than 18,000 residents along its southwest coast.
June 16, 1995 - Earth, Wind & Fire headlines the first-ever concert on the Plaza. It was a warm, sunny day when the legendary band, Earth, Wind & Fire joined the TODAY team to perform their ...
Generally speaking, only a few regions of the dry-land part of the Earth are so remote or have such a harsh climate that no one uses those areas for even part of the year. These places are tiny islands, the driest part of large deserts, very high mountains, and ice caps.
While it is usually regarded as one of the most remote islands on Earth the island is actually only 320 kilometres (200 mi) from Gough Island. The island is instead known as the most remote inhabited island on Earth. Gough Island is uninhabited apart from a weather station with around 6–7 people on it but they are not a permanent population. [1]
The Guest House was featured in the hotels.com #RemoteAF campaign in 2018 because of its status as one of the most remote hotels on earth. The buildings at the abandoned Uunarteq settlement, also known as Kap Tobin , 4.3 miles south of Ittoqqortoormiit, are used for various purposes all year by the inhabitants of Ittoqqortoormiit.
Remote Thridrangar became famous all over the world also thanks to the Icelandic band Kaleo, who recorded one of their videos on the helipad in 2020 Image credits: Gísli Gíslason
Breaking news can also extend the show's hours: during the 7 July 2005 London bombings and Friday following the Boston Marathon bombing, Today remained on the air for six hours, from 7 am to 1 pm EDT. Most special editions are introduced as "From NBC News, this is a special edition of Today".