The Alaska town of Utqiaġvik has seen its last sunset for 66 days due to "polar night," a phenomenon in polar regions of Earth that puts the town in near total darkness for months.

Capital Weather Gang ‘Polar night’ arrives in Utqiagvik, Alaska, bringing 66 days of darkness The sun won’t rise again until Jan. 23 November 18, 2020 ...

Things have taken a dark turn in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The sun set on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. local time in the northernmost town in the United States and will not rise again for 65 days, according ...

Utqiagvik, Alaska is deep within the Arctic Circle, which causes the extremes of polar day and polar night. At some points in the year, the sun doesn’t set, while at others, it doesn’t rise ...

It is situated along Alaska’s North Slope on the Arctic Ocean and sits at 71.17 degrees North latitude — some 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

Coralie Kraft writes on the photo series “Polar Night,” by the photographer Mark Mahaney, which chronicles a two-month winter period of uninterrupted darkness in Utqiagvik, Alaska.

On November 18, 2018, the town of Barrow, Alaska experienced its shortest Day of the Year, kicking off with the latest sunrise at 12:39pm. Just 65 minutes later, the sun set — 1:43pm — and it ...

Local News Georgia days are getting shorter, while Polar Night begins in Alaska The sun has set on Utqiagvik, Alaska for the final time in 2019. The next sunrise will occur on January 23, 2020.

The town of Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, has a population just shy of 5,000 people. It is situated along Alaska’s North Slope on the Arctic Ocean and sits at 71.17 degrees North latitude ...