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Friday November 11, 2022

People here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here's how they do it

A view from researcher Kari Leibowitz's bedroom window in Tromsø, Norway in 2015. Kari Leibowitz hide caption

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People here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here's how they do it

November 11, 2022 • On a cluster of islands between Norway and the North Pole, everyone wears headlamps for two-and-a-half months out of the year because it's pitch black outside. This weekend, the darkness begins.

People here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here's how they do it

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