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Is there night in the Antarctic?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

If by 'night' you mean 'lack of sunlight', yes, every location south of the Antarctic Circle--66 degrees S, experiences at least one 24-hour period of no sunrises per year. At the South Pole--90 degrees S, this period is six months.

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