Where on earth do you have 6 month's daylight followed by 6 month's darkness all year round?

Question

Where on earth do you have 6 month's daylight followed by 6 month's darkness all year round?

Answer 1

There are only two places on earth where that would technically be true, and no one lives at either: the North Pole and the South Pole. And even then, on the equinoxes, the sun is split by the horizon for a couple of days, so you don't get a full six months of darkness.

As you move away from the poles, the number of days you spend in 24 hours of sunlight 24 hours of night, decreases. By the time you get as far south as the arctic circle, people only see a day or two without a sunrise or sunset. South of the arctic circle, the sun rises and sets every day, if even only briefly, during certain seasons.

The northernmost inhabited places on earth might spend as much as three months with no sunrise and three months with no sunset. Not six. And by the way, none of these points are in Alaska. There are some islands in northern Canada, the north end of Greenland, some islands north of Norway, and some islands north of Russia, where they would see three or more months of continual day or night.

Further note, I don't think any of these regions actually have full time natural residents. They are all military, research, and weather stations and such.

Answer 2

At the North and South Poles.

Answer 3

far north,

and far south

Answer 4

Far north where the eskimos live

Answer 5

at the north and south pole

Answer 6

that would be the state of Alaska and the north pole

Answer 7

Antartica

Answer 8

This would be on any land north of the Acrtic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle.  These circles are located at 66 deg 33 min 39 seconds north and south latitude, respectively.

Answer 9

Alaska

Answer 10

the northwest territories in canada

Answer 11

At the poles.

Answer 12

Antarctica