Polar Night

Polar Phenomena

Aurora Borealis

Sun Halos & Sun Dogs

Sun Pillars

Nacreous Cloud

Fog Bows

Frost Smoke

Ice Blisters

Midnight Sun

Boiling Water Freezing

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Polar Night

The Inuit village of Moriussaq at midday during the Polar Night. Northwest Greenland. (1980)

Moonrise over the church in the Finnmark town of Kautokeino in the Polar night. Northern Norway. 1990

Moon rising behind snow covered bushes at Kautokeino during the polar night. North Norway. 1990

A lone dog sled makes its way over sea ice during a cold winter day in low sunlight. Qaanaaq. NW Greenland. 1977

From a pinnacle of pressure ice, Mamarut, an Inuit hunter scans the surrounding sea ice of Melville Bay through his binoculars at dusk. Northwest Greenland. (1980)

The Polar Inuit village of Moriussaq during the Polar Night. N.W. Greenland. 1980

Caribou graze on the tundra near an oil rig at Prudhoe Bay. North Slope. Alaska. 1989

An Inuit hunter's wooden home during the winter dark time at Savissivik. Avanersuaq, Northwest Greenland. (1998)

The cliffs of North Cape during the Polar Night. Barents Sea Coast Norway. 1990

Saami man & his dog watch over the reindeer herd during the Polar night. Finnmark. North Norway. 1990

Reine in winter looking to Kirkefjord, Lofoten Islands. Norway

School children have light treatment to combat Polar Night. Tromso. North Norway. 1990

Ituko, an Inuit hunter travelling by dog sled during the polar night in November near Moriussaq. Northwest Greenland. (1987)

Out hunting in the moonlight during the polar night, Ituko, checks a seal's breathing hole in newly formed sea ice near Moriussaq. Northwest Greenland. (1987)

Snow covered sea ice in moonlight during the polar night. N.W. Greenland. 1986

Sami tent/lavvu made from birch poles & blankets has a fire burning inside. North Norway. 1985

Moonlit Iceberg taken at midday during the polar night. Ice polished by the wind. N.W. Greenland. 1980

Midday during the winter at Halley Research Staiton, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Snowed in skidoos in foreground.

The ice cliffs of the Brunt Ice Shelf, and moon lit by the faint glow of the absent sun. Antarctica.

Rising moon behind the Southern Hemisphere Auroral Radar Experiment (SHARE) at Halley Research Station, Antarctica, after the sun has set for winter.

Edge of a tidewater glacier at freeze-up by moonlight in the polar night. NW Greenland. 1991

Ituko, an Inuit hunter imitates a polar bear to train his dogs. N.W. Greenland. 1987

Ituko, an Inuit hunter imitates a polar bear to train his dogs. N.W. Greenland. 1987

Monitoring a patients sleep at the Sleep Research Centre. Asgard Hosp. Tromso. Norway. 1990