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Sun That Never Ends

Man holding two recently-caught fish, standing on a riverbank in rural Alaska.

In Nome (90 miles shy of the Arctic Circle), on the longest summer days, the sun sets only between 1:47 and 4:19am. There’s bright twilight in between. (Pitch-dark skies don’t return until mid-August.)

When it’s not raining, this makes for a special challenge for Western Alaskans: stick to a regular sleep schedule, or squeeze in a few extra hours of subsistence fishing? It’s at this time of year that listeners may most appreciate KNOM weather forecasts aired during overnight hours.

Image at top: Summer in rural Alaska. Photo: Lynette Schmidt, KNOM.


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We acknowledge that KNOM Radio Mission is located on the customary lands of Indigenous peoples. 

Based in the Bering Strait region, KNOM broadcasts throughout the homelands of the Iñupiaq, Siberian Yup’ik, Cup’ik and Yup’ik peoples.