Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness. Think of it this way: By the time the sun rises again, a new president will occupy the White House. The town of Utqiagvik, formerly ...

Residents in America's northernmost town of Utqiagvik, Alaska, saw their last sunrise ... This months long period of darkness is known as the polar night. Daylight will then gradually increase ...

Right now, during the summer in the Northern Hemisphere, places far north, like Utqiagvik, Alaska, receive 24 hours ... out of daytime sunlight and into night. But if we tilted Earth's axis ...