On February 28th, Alert Nunavut Canada gets 2 hours, 13 minutes and 39 seconds of daylight finally

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http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/alert?month=2

Alert is at 82°30'05" north, 817 kilometres (508 mi) from the North Pole per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert,_Nunavut . So, right now Alert has total darkness all day.

By contrast, Barrow, Alaska has 3 hours, 21 minutes and 8 seconds of daylight TODAY per http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/usa/barrow .
On February 28th, Barrow will get 9 hours, 9 minutes and 2 seconds of daylight, which is almost 7 hours more than Alert will get.

Barrow Alaska is at 71°17′44″N or 1,300 miles (2,100 km) south of the North Pole. So, you can see the huge difference 11 degrees of latitude makes at this time of year.

I know Weather Watcher subscribers were just dying to know all this.