#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. During the polar night, the sun does not rise above the horizon for 45 days. At the Norilsk and Dudinka latitude, residents of the 69th parallel will observe a slight clearing only in the afternoon.
In Norilsk, everything adapts to the polar night: people, animals, transport and enterprises. In sociocultural terms, even event festivals are dedicated to the polar night, songs and poems are composed about it. Because it’s very atmospheric.
The further beyond the Arctic Circle, the longer the polar night is: at the North Pole it lasts almost six months – from September 25 to March 17. In our latitudes, the sun will not appear above the horizon from November 30 to January 13.
In fact, local historians and scientists are still arguing about the true date of the polar night onset at the Norilsk latitude (November 29 or 30), giving formulas for correct calculating of the polar night beginning for each year. But while experts argue, the polar night still comes. As soon as tomorrow. Or today.
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Text: Marina Horoshevskaya, Photo: Nikolay Shchipko
