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World's Northernmost Town Gets Nightlights
Velcroman1 writes "On October 26, 2,000 Norwegians watched the sun set. The next time they'll see it rise? Sometime in February. Extended nighttime is an annual occurrence for the residents of Longyearbyen, Norway — Earth's northernmost town. Located at 78 degrees north latitude in the Arctic circle, Longyearbyen experiences a phenomenon called Polar Night, in which the town remains in perpetual darkness for four months each winter. To lighten up the seemingly endless night, Philips has started an experiment called 'Wake Up the Town.' And anyone who's complained about the brief daylight hours in winter will want to know how it works."
There are settlements in Svalbard farther north....
Pyramiden was a longtime soviet mining town in Svalbard that once was home to over a thousand people, it was abandoned in 1998 but is being redeveloped. It is 50km north of Longyearbyen. However since it currently is home to about 8 people we'll bypass that for Ny-Alesund, which is some to about 35 people year-round (over 120 in summer), and also farther north than Longyearbyen. It is listed as the "world's northernmost functional public settlement", whatever that means.
"Waste not one watt!" - CZ
Alert, Nunavut Canada is the worlds northernmost town. By a long way. Alert is 82 degrees North.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert,_Nunavut
The town in the article is far South of Alert.
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Skin produces vitamin D when hit by sunlight, not vitamin E.
Biologist-puuuuunch!