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The polar night occurs when the night lasts for more than 24 hours and the sun is more that 6° below the horizon. This only occurs inside the polar circles. The opposite phenomenon, when the sun stays above the horizon for a long time is called the polar day, or midnight sun.

In Longyearbyen the polar night lasts from 11 November till 30 January.

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