What Cities Will See The Least Daylight During Today's Winter Solstice?
Christmas and the nasty East Coast blizzards will likely overshadow today's Winter Solstice, the official kickoff to the season in the Northern Hemisphere. Not that many people would want to celebrate the day with the least amount of sunlight, but it could be worse; you could be in the Arctic Circle, which will see 24 hours of darkness today.
During the Winter Solstice, the sun's rays shoot directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn and are the farthest away from the Northern Hemisphere. That means that the Arctic Circle gets the shaft and will be the darkest place in the world. The parts of Alaska above the Arctic Circle also won't see the sun.
Nearby cities will see a super-short day as well. Situated south of the Arctic Circle, Helsinki, Finland will have less than six hours of sunlight during the Winter Solstice, according to timeanddate.com. But Helsinki looks like the Caribbean compared to Bodo, Norway, which hovers near the Arctic and will have a scant 43 minutes of light. Reykjavik, Iceland, will get about four pasty hours of sun. If you're traveling near these dark places today, be sure to bring your seasonal affective disorder lamp.
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