LOS ANGELES - Within the Arctic Circle lies a phenomenon, where months go by when the sun doesn't rise above the horizon for more than 24 hours.This is called the polar night, and residents of America’s northernmost town, Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow — will watch this happen Wednesday.According to the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska, Wednesday will begin a 66 day period of near-darkness in this city along the Arctic coast.The sun will set below the horizon for the final time in 2020 at 1:30 p.m.
Alaska Standard Time and will not see the sun rise again until Jan. 23, 2021.The farther north of the Arctic Circle, the longer the polar night becomes.