The Sun Has Set In Utqiagvik, Alaska And Won't Ri... - Page 2

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

I seriously could not stand it ,with the time change, and cloudy days we are having i am really down.

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

Montana · ‎03-09-2010

This reminds of the Ray Bradbury story "All Summer in a Day". The sun only shines for two hours, every nine years.

I can't imagine being in the dark for months. Not sure how I would feel.

ETA: nine years

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

Every Night & every Morn

Some to Misery are Born

Every Morn and every Night

Some are Born to sweet delight

Some are Born to Endless Night

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

@ Montana

How interesting! I'm going to look for that.

Saw a movie once based on a Ray Bradbury story where it rained all the time. They had domes to shelter from it. I forget the story, but remember the continuous rain.

Think I saw that in a Trilogy with his "Illustrated Man" story.

His stories are strange and troubling!

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

@traveler Speaking of Alaska.....

On my last trip to So. Africa, in our group was an Eskimo teenager from Alaska. He was travelling w/his stepfather who is non-Eskimo. They spoke to each other in Inuit (sp). I was highly intrigued as well as others in our group of 20 as we have never seen a real Eskimo. I gather you come into contact w/them every day.

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

traveler · ‎03-09-2010

I come in contact with Tlingit, Aleut, intuit and Athabaskan daily.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

@gidgetgh wrote:
I don't say this to be cute or over dramatic. When I tell you that I truly couldn't handle that, I couldn't.

@gidgetgh Me either! sounds truly depressing...I would go into hibernation.

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

I don't think it's pitch dark 24/7. I imagine there is artificial lighting and life goes on. I think it would be interesting to go through it once in my lifetime.

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

jeanlake · ‎03-10-2010

I'm surprised there are 4300 people living there. Such an interesting fact. Thank you for sharing. I used the Google machine (snicker) and it's not only a polar night but below midnight. Many scientists live there. Accessible by plane. No connecting roads. Now I'm surprised the population isn't 300.

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." Henry David Thoreau

sunshine 919 · ‎12-22-2013

@MorningLover wrote:
The next time I start to complain about it getting dark too soon, I will think about this. I wouldn't survive..I would be so depressed!

Nov. 18, 2019

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.