Polar Night

We put the clocks back in Britain overnight, so we got an extra hour of sleep. Anyway, in the Arctic regions, it is the beginning of Polar Night. Four months of continual dark. (obviously, those who are in Antarctica, it will be the beginning of four months of continual daylight).

Any SWers from those regions that experience continual night for months and continual daylight (in summer) for months? What is it like?

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Carazaa · F

Winters are hard for my family and friends because of the dark. People make it cozy in the kitchen with candles in the mornings when they eat breakfast and people make their homes very nice to enjoy 9 months of dark. When you go out to a white and bright snowy world its very beautiful. Also most people have blue eyes and blue eyes see better in the dark than dark eyes.

jackieash27

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-northernmost-cities-and-towns-of-the-world.html

Just found this about the most northerly towns/cities in the world.

There are several videos on Youtube from scientists who live and work in Antarctica. Some of these research stations are like mini cities in their own right.

michaela2001 · 70-79

Check out Cecilia Blomdahl who lives on Svalbard. She does some videos on YouTube about Polar night and Polar day.
[media=https://youtu.be/-CNUSE38380?si=frgFL65JK3bKQdxB]

scooogy · 31-35, MVIP

I wonder about this, since on the one hand in the European Union putting clocks back and forth is planned to be aborted for ages now, and since GB left the EU, they could actually abort it all by their own I guess.

jackieash27

@scooogy This has been happening in Britain before Britain joined the EEC (as it was then).

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/clocks-change-what-happened-3-33969224

I have posted a link from the Mirror newspaper to explain.

MsSwan

How do people live like that?

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MsSwan

@Matt85 I think some do

Matt85 · 36-40, M

@MsSwan I had a look...Apparently 4 million people live in the Arctic and 5000 people live in the Antarctic in the summer but there are no permanant residents so you are right! But it's only a few.

MsSwan

@Matt85 Yes, I found this too:

Antarctica is the only continent with no permanent human habitation. There are, however, permanent human settlements, where scientists and support staff live for part of the year on a rotating basis. The continent of Antarctica makes up most of the Antarctic region.

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