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Question regarding the history of the northernmost region of Earth, including the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas, and parts of North America, Europe and Asia above the Arctic Circle.

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Were Arctic communities aware how different daylight cycles were elsewhere?

At extreme latitudes, what we would think of as the typical day/night cycle becomes very different. The sun remains continuously visible for one day during the summer solstice at the polar circle, ...
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