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dot com and secure your seats today it's monday november 14th 2020 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. Polar Night and Midnight Sun.

What's it like living in a place that stays absolutely pitch black for two and a half months?

And what can we learn from the people who live there?

Plus, a new emergency alert system in the U.S.

to let you know when an earthquake is nearby. And Mountain Dew's latest holiday-themed

flavor, which oddly enough is kind of a combination of the first two segments today.

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

If you're already mourning the end of daylight saving time and dreading the ever

shorter, colder, darker days ahead, just be glad you don't live in Svalbard. The cluster

of islands up near the North Pole just entered

polar night. For the next two and a half months, it will be pitch black 24 hours a day.

Except the residents of Svalbard and other Arctic regions that experience limited daylight

in the winter months might actually be better adjusted mentally and emotionally than those of us in more temperate climates.

Claire Murashima recently wrote a piece about Polar Night for NPR's Morning Edition,

and in particular profiled Cecilia Blomdahl, a Swedish native who has been living in Long Yerbin, the world's

northernmost town for years, and shares her experiences on YouTube and TikTok. Blomdahl's videos are

super interesting. She shares fascinating facts about her town, like how if you're having a baby,

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