Polar Day has started in Norilsk & Murmansk!

Polar Day in Murmansk.

Pavel Kuzmichev

In Norilsk, the Polar Day lasts 68 days, in Murmansk - 62 days. In addition, a month before the Polar Day and a month after, northerners also observe the White Nights.

Polar Day in Norilsk.

Pavel Kuzmichev

The Polar Day occurs at all latitudes above the Arctic Circle. In Salekhard, it lasts about a month, in Vorkuta - 46 days, in Pevek - three months and, in Dixon, the northernmost settlement of Russia - about 100 days.

Polar Day in Norilsk.

Pavel Kuzmichev

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