- published: 09 Mar 2016
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The polar night occurs when the night lasts for more than 24 hours. This occurs only inside the polar circles. The opposite phenomenon, the polar day, or midnight sun, occurs when the sun stays above the horizon for more than 24 hours.
A common misconception is that the shortest day is totally dark at each point where the midnight sun occurs inside the polar circle. In places very close to the poles this is true, but in regions that are located at the inner border of the polar circles where the midnight sun is experienced, this is not the case. Because of twilight, these regions experience polar twilight instead of the polar night. In fact, polar regions typically get more twilight throughout the year than equatorial regions.
For regions inside the polar circles, the lengths of the time when the sun is below the horizon varies from 20 hours at the Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle[citation needed] to 179 days at the Poles[citation needed]. However not all this time is classified as polar night, since sunlight may be visible because of refraction[citation needed]. Also, the time when the sun is above the horizon at the poles is 186 days. The numerical asymmetry occurs because the time when the sun is partially above the horizon is counted towards the "daytime". Also, the above numbers are average numbers: owing to the ellipticity of the Earth's orbit, where the South pole receives a week more of sun-below-horizon than the North pole (see equinox).
distract me, winter games
I was about to get out the saw
and cut a hole in the icy ice
all day we slip and slide and fall
I hear the wind piling up the leaves
all along the rock wall
and you, you're cracking jokes
and burning wood from last fall
now it never snows no more
only freezing dirty rain
oh no, it never snows
but it gets that smell like it might
just the same
put your cold hands on my head
like a blanket around my brain
wrap a blanket around my brain yeah
everything you wanted
more than you could handle
and the light that surrounded you
leaves you in the dark
staring at a candle
roll me over, say my name
I slept right through the winter games
wake me up, nothing's changed
I slept right through the winter games
well your helmet, it had no scars
we leave our best coats in bars
like ice fisherman lose cars
distract me, winter games
I was about to get out the saw
and cut a hole in the icy ice
right through to where you are
everything you wanted
more than you could handle
and the light that surrounded you
leaves you in the dark
staring at a candle
everything you wanted
more than you could handle
and the cup that you drank from
just leaves you drunk
and staring at a candle
roll me over, say my name
I slept right through the winter games
wake me up, nothing's changed
I slept right through the winter games