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As it enters polar night, this Alaska town won’t see sunrise for 64 days
It is situated along Alaska’s North Slope on the Arctic ... At the North and South poles, there is only one sunrise and one sunset per year. The sun rises on the spring equinox, and sets on ...
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The Sun Finally Shines Again In This Alaskan City After Roughly 65 Days Of Darkness
On Tuesday, the sun rose in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, for the first time since November—but only for a whopping 48 minutes before it set again. The sun appeared around 1:15 p.m. and disappeared just after 2 ...
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AROUND ALASKA: Transportation Fair, Iditarod Volunteers, and Utqiagvik Sunrise!
The Mat-Su Transportation Fair takes over Palmer Thursday, Tribal ID printers are now in five Alaska communities, volunteers are needed for Iditarod 53, and Utqiagvik sees its first sunrise of ...