Lights on in Utqiagvik, as sun sets for final time until January 22, 2025

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Suzanne Downing
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On Tuesday, the sun set for the last time in 2024 in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, as the Arctic plunges into a season of darkness.

Utqiagvik is America’s northernmost town, home to about 5,000 people. On the Arctic Ocean, it is situated at Latitude 71.17, about 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle. In comparison, Ketchikan is located at Latitude 55.43. The southernmost point in Alaska is the tip of uninhabited Amatignak Island in the Aleutian Chain, at Latitude 51.15.

The next sunrise in the town of Utqiagvik will be in two months — on Jan. 22, 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

    • Maybe talk with someone who lived there. I lived there for three and a half years. Some of the most memorable years I’ve had. Had two children there. Warm, welcoming people especially if one makes an effort to get involved with the community. Many many fond memories.

  2. The next sunrise in Utqiagvik coincides with a new day of hope for our country, with the new Trump administration coming in and the possible ending of many of the federal agencies which have destroyed our country!
    At the very least, the corrupt head of the Interior Department which is falsely claiming that millions of acres of traditional Inupiat lands are Gwi’ch’in “burial grounds”, will be out.

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