This town in Alaska will no longer see the sun any time soon until next year.

Alaska being one of the most unique and beautiful countries,  it has a world of its own as last Sunday it was the last sunrise of the year, in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Can you imagine living without the sun for more than two days? Well, This city will not be seeing the sun any time soon and according to recent research the first sunrise of 2019 will be on the 23^rd of January bringing back the warmth and light to a new year. Furthermore , After 65 days without any sunlight, residents can look forward to 80 days without a sunset starting in May.

For Inupiaq people it is quite normal as this happens annually and so the sun will no longer rise until the following year. This unique city will be occasionally experiencing polar nights which, consist of a faint light, but without the presents of any sun during the winter season. This phenomenon happens particularly  when the earth tilts and the sun does not rise in the north of the arctic circle.

Polar night is a period of darkness in the winter with no sunrises that occurs in cities inside the polar circles.

Even though the sun does not reach that point of the earth this does not mean that the residents live in the absence of light. Instead, the city will experience civil twilight and this happens when the sun is six degrees below the horizon and so a ray of light will be shown giving luminosity and the ability for the people to still see their surroundings. These lights will usually last five to six hours, but will eventually decrease as time goes by. 

All though for some this may be quite strange, Utqiaġvik holds 4,400 residents and are quite used to this yearly cycle. Utqiaġvik, being a marvelous  and peculiar city it is a home of a large population of indigenous Inupiaq People.