Utqiaġvik, the northernmost community in the United States, said “see ya” to the sun, when it set today. Starting Nov. 19, the town will experience 66 days of polar night.

The next sunrise in the town formerly known as Barrow is at 1:16 pm, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Utquagvik has a population of about 4,383.

Alternately, in McMurdo Station, Antarctica the summer population of about 1,000 people are experiencing 24 hours of daylight currently.

https://mustreadalaska.com/goodnight-polar-sun/

It be cold there!

So no church?

Wow!

^^^^^

No thanks, I needs my sunshine

Sun....

Of

A

Bitch

At least it ain't muddy.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Who will bust water for the cows?

Kinda gives a different slant on working from

Can see to can’t see

That much darkness would mess with my mind.

They are still freezing their butts off down there, 24 or not

Well, having lived there, I can tell you it won’t be an Eskimo up the pole fixing the power lines

Here on the KP, we’re still getting 7:00 hours per day.

We start gaining in a month.

And yet nobody takes our word when it comes to headlamps.

That's just not true.

Nobody takes your word when it comes to most things.

The 2 places married guys can get laid every night.

So... It is true? I confuse easily!

So.......don't quit your night job, then! That phenomenon has always intrigued me.

And no skeeters for a few months either.

You would need a couple fat girls to keep you warm!

O ye long tunnel of night,
Why do you mock me with your false promise of a sunrise?

They ARE available!

Skeeters can be horrible but they only get about 3 months a year to get it all done...

I like sunny/blue skies

although we really need rain/snow