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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Camilla Foster

What it’s like to move to where the sun never rises

Bryony and Henrik Hegard looking up at the Northern Lights -

In the Arctic and Antarctic circles, months go by where the sun never rises.

But what’s it like living where darkness reigns? Many think that the absence of familiar cues, day-night cycles and exposure to vitamin D must drain residents and throw their routines off balance, but we have spoken to some people who have experienced the opposite.

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