Imagine Not Seeing the Sun for Over 2 Months?!
The world is full of places that make you do a double-take — and this one definitely qualifies.
Okay, so get this — there’s a town in Alaska called Utqiagvik (don’t worry, I had to sound it out, too), and they literally just said “see ya later” to the sun... for over two months.
Yeah. No sunrise. No peeking over the horizon. Just darkness and maybe a faint glow if you're lucky.
This phenomenon is called the polar night — and Utqiagvik kicked it off back in mid-November, with the sun setting and not returning until late January. That’s 65 days of no sunshine. Sixty-five!
Imagine walking out to grab the mail, shovel snow, or go to work and it never being fully bright out. The town's so far north (we’re talking Arctic Circle territory) that the tilt of the Earth just keeps the sun below the horizon for months at a time.
Locals there are total pros though. They’ve got cozy routines, lots of indoor light, and a serious appreciation for the first sunrise when it finally returns. I mean, I get cranky after one cloudy afternoon — they go two whole months without a sunrise and just roll with it.
Makes winter where I live feel like a tropical vacation by comparison.
Anyone ever been up there? Or experienced a polar night somewhere else? I feel like it would mess with my internal clock big time — or turn me into a serious hot chocolate addict.
