“Hope,” she proclaimed. If you think winter in Kearney is bleak, try Barrow, Alaska, way above the Arctic Circle. The sun goes into seclusion there Nov. 15 and doesn’t peer out again until ...

In the winter, the Northern Hemisphere tilts away ... "The sun will set today in Barrow, Alaska (now #Utqiaġvik) and won't rise again until January 22nd. That's 64 days with NO SUN!" ...