It is situated along Alaska’s North Slope on the Arctic Ocean ... but daylight won’t progress beyond dusk. The months of darkness contribute to a brutal, unforgiving climate.

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 ...

Norway, portions of Northern Canada, Iceland, Sweden and Greenland. Original article source: Alaska town sees last sunset until August as 84 days of daylight begins ...

UTQIAGVIK, Alaska– The town at the northern tip of Alaska has seen its last moment of darkness for nearly three months. Utqiagvik experiences this phenomenon known to locals as "midnight sun ...