Ian Chillag

The northernmost town in Alaska, a town full of refrigerators you should never climb into. That town is in the middle of two months of darkness.

The northernmost town in Alaska, a town full of refrigerators you should never climb into. That town is in the middle of two months of darkness.

The northernmost town in Alaska, a town full of refrigerators you should never climb into. That town is in the middle of two months of darkness.

We were curious what it's like to live in that kind of darkness and to see if somebody who's done it might have some tips to help.

We were curious what it's like to live in that kind of darkness and to see if somebody who's done it might have some tips to help.

We were curious what it's like to live in that kind of darkness and to see if somebody who's done it might have some tips to help.

What is the feeling on that last 24 hours of daylight when you know you're about to enter this six month without ever seeing the sun?

What is the feeling on that last 24 hours of daylight when you know you're about to enter this six month without ever seeing the sun?

What is the feeling on that last 24 hours of daylight when you know you're about to enter this six month without ever seeing the sun?

I hadn't even fathomed that, that there would be this month where every, I guess day is the wrong word, but every 24 hours, it's a little darker than it was before until finally it's black.

I hadn't even fathomed that, that there would be this month where every, I guess day is the wrong word, but every 24 hours, it's a little darker than it was before until finally it's black.

I hadn't even fathomed that, that there would be this month where every, I guess day is the wrong word, but every 24 hours, it's a little darker than it was before until finally it's black.

I didn't realize this, but no planes will risk landing in the dark in Antarctica. So I guess at the very end of that daylight period, those six months, the last plane takes off and you do not have a choice. You cannot, after two months, decide, you know, I can't take this anymore.

I didn't realize this, but no planes will risk landing in the dark in Antarctica. So I guess at the very end of that daylight period, those six months, the last plane takes off and you do not have a choice. You cannot, after two months, decide, you know, I can't take this anymore.

I didn't realize this, but no planes will risk landing in the dark in Antarctica. So I guess at the very end of that daylight period, those six months, the last plane takes off and you do not have a choice. You cannot, after two months, decide, you know, I can't take this anymore.

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow.

Um, thinking about this town in Alaska and other towns that are entering this period where the sun is not going to come up, did you come up with certain techniques or ideas of how to handle it that we might want to pass on to people there?

Um, thinking about this town in Alaska and other towns that are entering this period where the sun is not going to come up, did you come up with certain techniques or ideas of how to handle it that we might want to pass on to people there?