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Town in Alaska won't see the sun for two months as it enters polar night
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 ...
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As it enters polar night, this Alaska town won’t see sunrise for 64 days
The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend ... leading to a prolonged “polar night.” The sun will set at 1:27 p.m. local time on Nov. 18., ...
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Siberia, Iceland and 2 other places where it's warmer today than it is in South Bend
Barrow (also ... day and one six-month night, with one day each of twilight at each equinox. And it was minus-8 degrees Tuesday morning at the base. Oh, there are no polar bears at the South ...
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Rare attack in Alaska renews interest in polar bear patrols
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For isolated communities ... In the early 1990s, scores of polar bears massed on the shore of Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, the northernmost community in the U.S ...
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Biden Administration Lets Oil Companies Disturb Polar Bears, Walruses in Alaska’s Western Arctic, Beaufort Sea
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Biden administration issued a final rule today allowing oil and gas companies operating in the Beaufort Sea and Western Arctic to harass polar bears and Pacific ... and onshore ...
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Biden Administration Proposes to Allow Oil Companies to Disturb Polar Bears, Walruses in Alaska’s Arctic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Biden administration issued a proposed rule today allowing oil companies operating in the Beaufort Sea and Western Arctic to harass polar bears and Pacific ... and onshore ...