Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.

At 12:54pm local time Friday, the sun will rise in Barrow, Alaska. Thirty-six minutes later, it will set—and won't be seen again there until Jan. 22. But a two-month-long "polar night" is no ...

The town of Utqiagvik, Alaska, formerly known as Barrow, has entered a 64-day period of polar night, with its last sunrise occurring on November 18. This phenomenon, caused by the Earth's tilt ...

It is situated along Alaska’s North Slope on the Arctic Ocean ... At the North and South poles, there is only one sunrise and one sunset per year. The sun rises on the spring equinox, and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Events across the country — including a sunrise gathering in Minneapolis, a statehouse rally in Maine, a celebratory march in Seattle and traditional dancing, music ...

Utqiagvik town in Alaska would only see a sunrise when Donald Trump will take over as the US president. As much as it might sound figurative in nature, it's literally the case as the town enters ...