Alaska Is Entering Its Annual “Polar Night” — 67 Days Without a Sunrise Formerly known as Barrow, Utqiaġvik is so far north that every winter it experiences a remarkable phenomenon: the polar night. Because the town sits above the Arctic Circle, the sun sets in mid-November and doesn’t rise again for about two months. In 2025, the sun will set on November 18 and won’t return until January 22, 2026 — a stretch of roughly 67 days with no sunrise. This happens due to Earth’s axial tilt, which keeps
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Alaska Is Entering Its Annual “Polar Night” — 67 Days Without a Sunrise Formerly known as Barrow, Utqiaġvik is so far north that every winter it experiences a remarkable phenomenon: the polar night. Because the town sits above the Arctic Circle, the sun sets in mid-November and doesn’t rise again for about two months. In 2025, the sun will set on November 18 and won’t return until January 22, 2026 — a stretch of roughly 67 days with no sunrise. This happens due to Earth’s axial tilt, which keeps
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Utqiagvik, AK (Barrow) enters the #PolarNight today! This Northern Alaskan town above the Arctic Circle won't see the sun for the next 64 days! (That's not until January 22nd, 2026!) | WeatherNation
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Utqiagvik, AK (Barrow) enters the #PolarNight today! This Northern Alaskan town above the Arctic Circle won't see the sun for the next 64 days! (That's not until January 22nd, 2026!) | WeatherNation
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From the Barrow Arctic Sea Ice Cam website ( http://seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatories/barrow_webcam ), here are two consecutive nights of midnight sun in Barrow on July 4th and 5th. The camera is facing north. | Alaska Climate Info
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From the Barrow Arctic Sea Ice Cam website ( http://seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatories/barrow_webcam ), here are two consecutive nights of midnight sun in Barrow on July 4th and 5th. The camera is facing north. | Alaska Climate Info
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As the sun dips below the horizon in Barrow, Alaska, a unique phenomenon begins—a 65-day stretch of darkness where day and night blend into a long Arctic twilight. This northernmost town in the U.S. experiences a transformative shift as the Earth’s tilt turns it away from the sun. The ocean becomes a vast expanse of ice, streets glow under amber lights, and homes are illuminated by the warm flicker of lamps behind frosted windows. In this extended twilight, families adapt their routines, marking
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As the sun dips below the horizon in Barrow, Alaska, a unique phenomenon begins—a 65-day stretch of darkness where day and night blend into a long Arctic twilight. This northernmost town in the U.S. experiences a transformative shift as the Earth’s tilt turns it away from the sun. The ocean becomes a vast expanse of ice, streets glow under amber lights, and homes are illuminated by the warm flicker of lamps behind frosted windows. In this extended twilight, families adapt their routines, marking
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Barrow, Alaska turned unreal for a moment 🌩️❄️ Electric mammatus clouds rippled overhead, and every lightning strike painted the Arctic sky violet like a living ceiling. The wild part wasn’t just the storm it was the silence of the town underneath it, watching something that barely ever happens this far north. #alaska #storm #weather #nature #photography | Echoes of the Moon
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Barrow, Alaska turned unreal for a moment 🌩️❄️ Electric mammatus clouds rippled overhead, and every lightning strike painted the Arctic sky violet like a living ceiling. The wild part wasn’t just the storm it was the silence of the town underneath it, watching something that barely ever happens this far north. #alaska #storm #weather #nature #photography | Echoes of the Moon
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