You don ever hear say one part for this world dey where sun no go show for like 60 days?

No be ghost story or waka wey dem dey tell pikin, na real thing wey dey happen to people wey dey live for some places inside northern Alaska, United States, every winter. Dem dey call am “Polar Night”.

Polar Night dey happen because Earth dey tilt for im axis. Because of that tilt, places wey dey close to the top of the world — near the North Pole — fit get time wey sun no reach their horizon.

Anywhere wey dey north of the Arctic Circle fit experience this, so the sun fit disappear complete from view for long period during winter.

For Alaska, this dey happen for places like Utqiagvik, the town wey dey most far north for the country. E dey occur every year, and this year the people there see the last sunset for 2025 on November 18.

Dem no go see the sun again until January 22, 2026. Meaning dem go spend almost 65 days without direct sunlight.

But make nobody think say na pure pitch darkness the whole time. The sun just dey under the horizon small, and some hours every day dem get small light wey dem dey call “civil twilight.”

That light soft, bluish, and e enough make person fit see things without torch for some small time.

Because the sky small light and the atmosphere dey interact, people for the area still dey see beautiful sky shows like the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis — the colourful lights wey dey dance for the sky.

How people for these places take cope? Life no stop. Schools, businesses and other important things still dey run. People dey focus more on indoor activities and dem dey plan for when sunlight go return.

Plenty people even dey find say dem dey sleep better during this time; dem go take nap and rely on heaters to keep house warm, so e no bad for everybody.

But the big wahala na how the lack of sunlight fit affect people mind and mood. No sun fit bring Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and make some people get serious low mood or depression.

To fight am, people dey use special bright lamps, dey take vitamin D supplements, and dem dey organize their schedules and community activities well so that the darkness no go too affect their daily life.

When this period end, the sun go rise again on January 22, 2026. For the communities there, that day na big celebration because the long night don finish and light don come back.

After that, dem go begin count days when the sun no go set at all during summer — the “Midnight Sun.”

The Polar Night na one clear example of how Earth science dey work and how people wey live for the Arctic parts of Alaska sabi adjust and show resilience.