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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 ...
Multiple exposure of midnight sun on Lake Ozhogino in Yakutia, Russia Timelapse video of Lapland's midnight sun in Rovaniemi, Finland. Because there are no permanent human settlements south of the Antarctic Circle, apart from research stations, the countries and territories whose populations experience midnight sun are limited to those crossed by the Arctic Circle: Canada (Yukon, Nunavut, and ...
(AP Photo/Laura Rauch) At 2:16 a.m., the sun finally dipped below the horizon, marking the first official night in 83 days for Utqiaġvik, Alaska, the northernmost town in the United States.
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 ...
The Midnight Sun Game is an amateur baseball game played every summer solstice at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Because the sun is out for almost 24 hours a day, the game starts at about 10:30 at night and completes around 1:30 the next morning .
Nalukataq serves two purposes. First, it is a celebration of thanksgiving for success. Second, it is the first of several times during the year when quaq (frozen whale meat) [6] and muktuk (whale blubber and skin) are distributed to the community.
“Finally being able to go, okay, the sun's going down, [I’m] kind of looking forward to it. I feel that it's time for some good rest,” says Toovak. This year, Utqiaġvik will experience ...