The Sun Will Set In Barrow, Alaska This Afternoon And Won't Rise Again Until 2020
Utqiagvik, Alaska (formally known as Barrow) just plunged into polar darkness that will last the next two months. Today, the sun will set on the city of around 4,300 residents for the final time of 2019. The next dawn will be January 23, 2020. That’s a period of 67 days of total darkness.
Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Utqiagvik is the northernmost city in the United States. It’s located 2,000 miles north of Seattle, Washington.
https://unofficialnetworks.com/2019/11/18/barrow-alaska-winter/
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mostly aren't allowed to go outside by themselves in winter, even with sun, when temperatures can kill in short order.
Thinking having functional families would be especially important up there, over past centuries to survival itself.
