Imagine living in a place where the sun disappears for weeks, and sometimes even for months. This is a rare phenomenon, known as the Polar Night. It happens in certain regions near the Artic Circle.

The northernmost town in America is about to experience several weeks of darkness. After getting 30 minutes of daylight, the town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow – saw its final sunset ...

UTQIAGVIK, Alaska - Utqiagvik, Alaska has seen its last sunrise this year; America's northernmost settlement will not see the Sun again until Jan. 22, 2026, as Polar Night begins in the Arctic Circle.

The polar night regions are Chukotka, the Krasnoyarsk, Yakutia, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Nenets and Yamalo-Nenets, and Komi MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS Correspondent Viktoria Melnikova/. People living in ...

It’s called Polar Night, and it’s a phenomenon that happens each year in northern Alaska. The town of Utqiaġvik is the northernmost city in the United States. Located roughly 725 miles northwest of ...

Ukrainian polar explorers showed "deserted and mystical" night-time landscapes in Antarctica. They say that this is a rare phenomenon when the sky above the Vernadsky station is not covered with ...

UTQIAGVIK, Alaska - Utqiagvik, Alaska has seen its last sunrise this year; America's northernmost settlement will not see the Sun again until Jan. 22, 2026, as Polar Night begins in the Arctic Circle.

An American city is about to plunge into darkness for months. The residents of Utqiagvik, Alaska, are bidding farewell to the sun for the next 64 days, marking the beginning of its annual Polar Night.