Alaskans Embrace Short Days And Long Nights In Coldest Of Winter

Santa Claus is not the only person preparing for a long winter night this holiday. North Pole Alaskans are getting set for the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year when the sun will shine for just under four hours. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports for TODAY.
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  • @AmyStoneYT
    @AmyStoneYT Жыл бұрын

    Yay 🎉Seeing @SomersInAlaska from one of your Happy People’s watching from Ontario 🇨🇦! So exciting to see Bert, Jessica, Audrey, Evelyn and Garrett Somers on the Today Show!!! ❄️ 🎄 🎅🏽 🤶🏻

  • @keandric2765

    @keandric2765

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey neighbor! I follow them too :))

  • @sarahkingston7421

    @sarahkingston7421

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey there fellow Canucks.. mee to. On the east coast NS. 🇨🇦

  • @lorisullivan327

    @lorisullivan327

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup, CT here, love them!

  • @thephippsfamily1113

    @thephippsfamily1113

    Жыл бұрын

    We love watching them! Here from NH 😊🎉

  • @Sweettexas987
    @Sweettexas987 Жыл бұрын

    Yey KZread channel Sommers in Alaska I'm subscribed to them awesome family

  • @pawpawthebeagle9442
    @pawpawthebeagle9442 Жыл бұрын

    If you see this Somers in Alaska family, howdy from one of your happy peoples’ in Port Orchard, WA! A very blessed Christmas and a happy and safe New Year to you and yours 🙂💙✝️

  • @pamelap8462
    @pamelap8462 Жыл бұрын

    Somers family is AMAZING! Wish there had been a bit more about all the joy they spread.

  • @heathersalagovic8532
    @heathersalagovic8532 Жыл бұрын

    There needs to be more families like the somers. Absolutely one of the sweetest families on you tube! Hello happy peoples from Cleveland, OH. 👋

  • @pjchermack

    @pjchermack

    Жыл бұрын

    agreed one of our ultimate GO TO Channels Somers in Alaska look them up AMAZING family!!!!!!!!

  • @isxcmndzx

    @isxcmndzx

    Жыл бұрын

    There is this channel I would recommend. It is called This Alaska Life. Great family, similar to the Somers, but in Anchorage!

  • @serena7397
    @serena7397 Жыл бұрын

    Go Somers Family!!! 🎄❤️🎄🥰

  • @hollyh5032
    @hollyh5032 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Somers Fam & Happy Peoples!!!

  • @catblue7065
    @catblue7065 Жыл бұрын

    Yay Somers fam from North Pole, Alaska! Good good happy peoples are they! Love from a sub in MI

  • @orlyno364
    @orlyno364 Жыл бұрын

    Yeah saw my favorite Vloggers. Somers in Alaska!

  • @crazysusanaita619
    @crazysusanaita619 Жыл бұрын

    Before watching the Somers I never wanted to visit Alaska . Follow them . Beautiful family

  • @charitys.3862

    @charitys.3862

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, they're the absolute BEST 👌 👍

  • @matthewschiebout7384

    @matthewschiebout7384

    6 күн бұрын

    the people are most likely more friendly than where you live right now!

  • @taylormorgan9224
    @taylormorgan9224 Жыл бұрын

    hello fellow happy peoples! love the Somers family, they are the sweetest & kindest people!

  • @mrsalwaysrightforever6283
    @mrsalwaysrightforever6283 Жыл бұрын

    I admire these people, with my mental health issues I don’t think I could live there, but I would like to visit definitely

  • @tomk4484

    @tomk4484

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah, you would be fine there in the winter. In fact, being a little crazy is a requirement to live there this time of year.

  • @Suprachiasmatic

    @Suprachiasmatic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tomk4484seasonal affective disorder would make it very, very difficult for some people, actually.

  • @brecruz4832
    @brecruz4832 Жыл бұрын

    Hello happy people! We love the Somers family!!!!

  • @scriptyshake
    @scriptyshake Жыл бұрын

    Looks like the entire SomersInAlaska community has arrived on this video, wooooo!

  • @Luckyduck82180
    @Luckyduck82180 Жыл бұрын

    Woohoo! Hello happy people’s ❤

  • @norabradley9108

    @norabradley9108

    Жыл бұрын

    Woohoo! Hello Luckyduck821 🦆♥️

  • @zarastockbridge9936
    @zarastockbridge9936 Жыл бұрын

    Love the Somers Family. ❤

  • @barbara5842
    @barbara5842 Жыл бұрын

    Somers Family! Hello Happy Peoples!!

  • @toni_wood
    @toni_wood Жыл бұрын

    I will never forget the snow of Anchorage and Valdez Alaska...What a ''living" experience...

  • @TheFiscallySound
    @TheFiscallySound Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed the somers segment. Too bad no one watches the Today Show.

  • @tlewisAK
    @tlewisAK Жыл бұрын

    Home sweet home. Greetings from Fairbanks.

  • @macy3578
    @macy3578 Жыл бұрын

    All the stories were very interesting,we love the Somers Family,they do so much acts of kindness.

  • @kristinhawkins5757
    @kristinhawkins5757 Жыл бұрын

    Yeah! @SomersInAlaska 😊

  • @andream6531
    @andream6531 Жыл бұрын

    Came here from @somersinalaka video 🥰 great to see them !

  • @alishagoodwin2753
    @alishagoodwin2753 Жыл бұрын

    Hey, Happy Peoples...love watching Somers in Alaska... that family is the best!!!

  • @thebarefootrabbit
    @thebarefootrabbit Жыл бұрын

    Yay the Somers! Love to see yall !

  • @pjk1714
    @pjk1714 Жыл бұрын

    Somers great family. There followers grew so they can afford to warm up three households with heating fuel and random act of kindness we all follow and share across the world.

  • @ter131
    @ter131 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Somers Family! How exciting!

  • @andrearenee7845
    @andrearenee7845 Жыл бұрын

    This is so cool. How awesome.

  • @roseannejacquette9347
    @roseannejacquette9347 Жыл бұрын

    I follow these You Tubers. I was pleasantly surprised to see them. I’m a happy people’s.

  • @tatsf
    @tatsf Жыл бұрын

    I'm hooked on the Somers family's channel! So enjoyable and they do so many random acts of kindness. It's a great way to also learn more about life in Alaska!

  • @barbmitchell7368
    @barbmitchell7368 Жыл бұрын

    Yay somersault Family!

  • @sarahphelps4622
    @sarahphelps4622 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love watching Somers in Alaska!! Hello from a Happy Peoples in Springfield, Missouri!! ❤❤❤

  • @hm-09
    @hm-09 Жыл бұрын

    The Somer's Family are amazing and the sweetest! They have the biggest hearts. The world most definitely needs more people like them.

  • @isxcmndzx

    @isxcmndzx

    Жыл бұрын

    I recommend a youtube channel called This Alaska Life. Great family, similar to the Somers, but in Anchorage!

  • @sabrinahernandez4920
    @sabrinahernandez4920 Жыл бұрын

    Somers!!! Love seeing them, their channel is so refreshing.

  • @alaskarailroad3996
    @alaskarailroad3996 Жыл бұрын

    From Alaska, Merry Christmas.

  • @Deryanharris8
    @Deryanharris8 Жыл бұрын

    I can't wait to go to Alaska for my 30th birthday yaya.

  • @muslim9845

    @muslim9845

    Жыл бұрын

    I wish but I'm poor as dirt, lol

  • @tschandraheinze1680
    @tschandraheinze1680 Жыл бұрын

    Yeah to our Somers family! Happy to see my hoke on the news for the good. Welcome to Alaska. God bless

  • @DraconZa
    @DraconZa Жыл бұрын

    Also here for the Sommers family! ❤❤

  • @theresablougouras1926
    @theresablougouras1926 Жыл бұрын

    Yahoo Somersinalaska! Merry Christmas 🎅

  • @ruthpullis9279
    @ruthpullis9279 Жыл бұрын

    Hi happy people hi Somers , I want you all the time

  • @jillian4142
    @jillian4142 Жыл бұрын

    Yea @ Somers in Alaska Family, from Happy Peoples. Merry Christmas to All 🎄🙏🏻

  • @MsWDWFAN1
    @MsWDWFAN1 Жыл бұрын

    Yay Somers in Alaska was on the Today's show! No way this thin blooded Floridian could live in Alaska! Too cold! 🥶 I need the daylight and heat even though it's going to be extremely cold by Florida standards this Christmas weekend! But hopefully no snow! But the panhandle might!

  • @ravenbell3918
    @ravenbell3918 Жыл бұрын

    Hello fellow happy peoples from snowy NE Colorado! So happy to see the Somers family!

  • @brandi1719
    @brandi1719 Жыл бұрын

    @SomersinAlaska ❤️🎅🎄

  • @peggynichols6191
    @peggynichols6191 Жыл бұрын

    I Love the Somers Family.

  • @DttFAonRow23
    @DttFAonRow23 Жыл бұрын

    Just sent this link to a good friend to watch, thank you for this awesome video!

  • @sabine3769
    @sabine3769 Жыл бұрын

    I love the north. Peace

  • @dianneanello3427
    @dianneanello3427 Жыл бұрын

    Somers in Alaska!!!!! The best you tube family!

  • @goldnet2
    @goldnet2 Жыл бұрын

    wow, amazing!

  • @joandouglas5162
    @joandouglas5162 Жыл бұрын

    Love the Sommers in Alaska!

  • @katiek1856
    @katiek1856 Жыл бұрын

    I’m happy the Somers Family made it on the segment.

  • @Steve-yo4ld
    @Steve-yo4ld2 ай бұрын

    I miss Fairbanks every day!❤

  • @saraslater5169
    @saraslater5169 Жыл бұрын

    Somers in Alaska is one of my favorite KZread channels.

  • @mattstosh6960
    @mattstosh6960 Жыл бұрын

    Sweet nice video. I caught a fast glimpse of my own place on the hillside (valley shot), Its even more magical than you can see. Come visit Fairbanks and the surrounding areas in the winter for an unforgettable experience.

  • @bthomas3833
    @bthomas3833 Жыл бұрын

    Happy peoples!!

  • @elizabethowens8548
    @elizabethowens8548 Жыл бұрын

    Hi happy people Sommers family

  • @gloriastephens1867
    @gloriastephens1867 Жыл бұрын

    Yay, Somers Family

  • @deannyeltatzie7759
    @deannyeltatzie7759 Жыл бұрын

    Do not let these people fool you. We do live in igloos, but have upgraded to fireplaces instead of campfires, in our homes/apartments.

  • @wanderlustandsparkle4395
    @wanderlustandsparkle4395 Жыл бұрын

    I haven’t been to Alaska but I did go to Iceland which has similar day/night scenario. I was literally jet lagged and sleep deprived the whole 8 days as of course flying from the US stopping in Canada then flying to Iceland which btw when I went had only 4 hours of darkness 😂 so I also literally was jet lagged for 2 weeks after coming back. So I totally understand what it’s like now for people who live in places like Alaska.

  • @JanelleB7
    @JanelleB7 Жыл бұрын

    I live in Anchorage, they really exaggerate about Alaska.

  • @evaszokreny5294
    @evaszokreny5294 Жыл бұрын

    I love Alaska the coldest days are around -57 in Moose Creek but I still would not call that brutal

  • @darkjedi7
    @darkjedi74 ай бұрын

    to my winter friends, may I asked... do you have refrigerator even if your house in the snow area?

  • @MdRahman001
    @MdRahman001 Жыл бұрын

    Remember the film "30 days of night " ?

  • @whollymary7406
    @whollymary7406 Жыл бұрын

    Now you know how farmers do their chores every day

  • @keithlewis4250
    @keithlewis4250 Жыл бұрын

    This time of year the nights are very long for Alaska it's the shortest days of the year numnut !

  • @yescats3327
    @yescats3327 Жыл бұрын

    2:03 did this dude just go swimming fully clothed what in the world?

  • @kazie4553
    @kazie4553 Жыл бұрын

    Hey I watch that family on KZread Jessica Aubrey Garrett and Evelyn and of course and of course their dad oh yeah and baby girl

  • @nothingelse1520
    @nothingelse1520 Жыл бұрын

    I lived in Fairbanks for 2 years for college. I had to transfer because I hated the winters so much. Fun fact, thanks to climate change it doesn't get to -55 anymore

  • @BirchLeafPhotography

    @BirchLeafPhotography

    Жыл бұрын

    Inaccurate. We still get that cold.

  • @zakariyahabdulkarim5853

    @zakariyahabdulkarim5853

    Жыл бұрын

    -55 ambient not very often* With wind chill yes. Climate change definitely has affected alaska.

  • @linebrunelle1004
    @linebrunelle1004 Жыл бұрын

    lol. it happens every year. for ever. yet every year News reports on it.

  • @joelmadrid2193
    @joelmadrid2193 Жыл бұрын

    "P ANAMA RELOCATION TOURS!! WITH JACKIE!!🙋 😊👍❤️👈"

  • @andresperez7476
    @andresperez7476 Жыл бұрын

    49th state ha ha 🐐🐎🐂

  • @keithlewis4250
    @keithlewis4250 Жыл бұрын

    Santa Clause a fictional being created by man.

  • @keithlewis4250

    @keithlewis4250

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OneFreeButterfly Only to fictional beings like Santa !

  • @fixyourface9
    @fixyourface9 Жыл бұрын

    Why not call them electro magnetic pulses not northern lites at all

  • @mercibeaucoup2486
    @mercibeaucoup2486 Жыл бұрын

    Ugh this show

  • @brimac58
    @brimac586 күн бұрын

    NBC drivel

  • @lindalinda9796
    @lindalinda9796 Жыл бұрын

    Did people know it is God that commands the sun and moon to come up at the times they do? Did you know snow, wind, rain, thunder, light, darkness are servants of God? Even the stars. If you don’t believe me, kindly read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation 10 chapters a day. It’s so exciting to find out about the world we live in, and they way we are expected to live and what happens if we don’t live the way we are expected to live. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Happy New YEAR 2023. The year 2023 is a servant of God too

  • @SG-cn3kb

    @SG-cn3kb

    8 ай бұрын

    Does God also command brain tumors of children? That's so exciting!

  • @fiftyfive70
    @fiftyfive70 Жыл бұрын

    God bless the Somers Family. 🖤🏔 Their vlogs always put a smile on my face and joy in my heart.