Why does Antarctica have so much night time?

Answer 1

Picture the Earth and the sun. The sun's rays go straight through space. The first thing the rays of the sun touch is the equator. The last things the rays hit are the north and south pole. The above accounts partly for the low temperatures in Antarctica, but it is the earth's tilt that is responsible for the long nights.

During summer, Antarctica actually has a lot of daylight hours as the sun never sets. This is caused by the same reason in reverse that results in the long winter nights. If the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, as happens during winter, the latitude of Antarctica is so high that the sun never rises for a number of weeks or months. When it is tilted toward the sun, it does not experience a sunset for a time.

Answer 2

Antarctica is located south of 66 degrees S, so everywhere on the continent to 90 degrees S, experiences at least one 24-hour period of no sunset. At the South Pole -- 90 degrees, this period is six months.

The reason is because the southern hemisphere of the earth tilts toward the sun during its summer months.

Answer 3

Sunrises and sunsets in both polar regions are irregular beyond each of the polar circles.

The Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle mark the locations on planet earth where the geography experiences at least one 24-hour period of no sunrise/ no sunset.

At the South Pole, there is one sunrise per year and one sunset per year.

Answer 4

The tilt of the Earth puts either one of the poles in constant daylight or darkness, polar areas don't rotate to the other side of the globe, therefore keeping a pole in daylight in summer and darkness in winter.

Answer 5

each one last for 6 months or something like that

Answer 6

Yes, it happens every night.

Answer 7

Its the high latitudes