Sunshine finally returnsto remote Barrow, Alaska

By Don Quilici

Jan. 24 is a very special time of the year in the lives of approximately 2,000 hardy Alaskans. They live in a small community known as Barrow in northern Alaska, located on the edge of the Arctic Ocean.

It is also noted as the northernmost community in the entire United States.

Those folks have had to endure more than two months without any sunlight, since the sun dipped below the horizon way back on Nov. 18.

However, the sun has finally returned.

And if the weather cooperates, it will peek over the horizon, very briefly on Jan. 24.

That special day will also mark the return of more and more sunlight as the earth slowly moves toward the 24-hours of daylight of the summer season in the Arctic.

Don Quilici is the Outdoors editor for the Nevada Appeal.

Contact Don Quilici at editor@nevadaappeal.com