FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - The third annual Winter Solstice Festival seeks to bring people together in downtown Fairbanks to celebrate the shortest day of the year. “The winter Solstice festival ...

Alaska experiences the shortest daylight hours in the country. In Fairbanks, sunrise on Dec. 21 is 10:58 a.m. and sunset is 2:40 p.m. — less than four hours of daylight on the winter solstice.

For more than a century, baseball teams in Fairbanks have played at midnight on the summer solstice, illuminated only by the sun.

To celebrate the light’s return, a dazzling display of solstice fireworks will blast off at 8 p.m. Saturday over the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks. The fireworks cap off the Winter Solstice ...

Fairbanks is a city located in the interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the second-largest city in Alaska after Anchorage, and is known for its cold and snowy winters, with ...

Compare that to Fairbanks, Alaska, where the sunrise on Dec. 21 is 10:58 a.m. and sunset is 2:40 p.m. on the winter solstice — less than four hours of daylight. What happens on the winter solstice?

The best time to visit Fairbanks is from July to August. Shoulder seasons, including May to June and August through September, are also ideal. Although… ...

The Alaska Railroad’s Aurora Winter Train is running now through mid-May, offering weekend journeys between Anchorage and Fairbanks with stops including Wasilla and Talkeetna. In February and ...