Extreme days and nights - daylight variation in the Arctic: Reykjavik, Murmansk and Alert

Extreme days and nights – daylight variation in the Arctic: Reykjavik, Murmansk and Alert

The Arctic and Antarctic have long nights in the winter and long days in the summer. Above the Arctic Circle (66 °N), there is at least one day with no sun– polar night, and one day with no night— midnight sun. This graph shows the length of day through the year for three places in…

  • Produced by:
    Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
  • Year:
    31/07/2008

Extreme days and nights – daylight variation in the Arctic: Reykjavik, Murmansk and Alert

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