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 ...

As the evenings approach and the colours of the sky begin to change to orange, children begin to wonder why the Sun disappears after sunset and what happens to it as they see it disappear below the ...

In high latitudes, the sun is an unreliable companion. It lingers long past midnight in summer, washing mountains and shorelines in a perpetual glow, then abandons the horizon entirely in winter, ...