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The long night in Antarctica ended with the Sun rising on the horizon as researchers resumed their work conducting several scientific studies in the region. The frozen landscape has research stations from different countries, which will now prepare for summer and the return of scientists that arrive for the warmer months starting in November.

The long night, which extends between four to five months characterised by 24 hours of darkness, confining researchers on a continent known for one of the most extreme environments on the planet. There is no way in or out of the stations during the winter-over period. Scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) have been living in the most isolated part of the region as they welcomed the arrival of the Sun.

The average temperature in Antarctica in the winter is minus 34.4 degrees Celsius and the lowest temperature ever recorded in the freezing continent was minus 89.4 degrees Celsius.

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