Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: independent(Noun) A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform. independent(Noun) A neutral or uncommitted person.
well, as a matter of fact Alaska is dark, but for a while. during the year in Alaska it spends 6 months with ONLY sun and then the other six months with ONLY darkness, its allâ¦ according to the way the world rotates and where the sun's direction is pointing at.
Photo by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. December 2, 2012. The opposite of the midnight sun happens during the winter solstice. In Fairbanks, during the darkest day of the year, the sun rises for about three hours just as in the summer it only sets for three hours. The midnight sun is only found above the arctic circle, when the sun dips but never fully sets. The arctic circle is 66 degrees, 33 minutes and 44 seconds latitude.