Sunshine to return to Barrow, Alaska

By Don Quilici

Jan. 24 is a very special time of the year in the lives of approximately 2,000 hardy Alaskans.

They live in a small community known as Barrow in northern Alaska, located right on the edge of the Arctic Ocean.

It is also noted as the northernmost community in the entire United States.

Those folks have had to endure more than two months without any sunlight, since the sun dipped below the horizon way back on Nov. 18.

However, the sun will return to that part of the world.

And if the weather cooperates, it will peek over the horizon, very briefly on Jan. 24.

That special day will also mark the return of more and more sunlight as the earth slowly moves toward the 24-hours of daylight of the summer season in the Arctic.

Summer is coming!