Near the solstice, one pole faces the Sun continuously and the other faces away. Only a narrow strip around the equator has a rapid day–night cycle, with the Sun low over the horizon. Each pole gets around 42 years of continuous sunlight, followed by 42 years of darkness.
n ɪ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ɑ l s t ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY p oʊ l WORD_BOUNDARY f eɪ s ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY k ə n t ɪ n j uː ə s l i WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ ð ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY f eɪ s ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ w eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY oʊ n l i WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY n æ ɹ oʊ WORD_BOUNDARY s t ɹ ɪ p WORD_BOUNDARY ə ɹ ɹ aʊ n d WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ k w eɪ t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY h ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ æ p ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY d eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY n aɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY s aɪ k ə l WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ ð ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY l oʊ WORD_BOUNDARY oʊ v ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY h ə ɹ ɹ aɪ z ə n WORD_BOUNDARY iː t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY p oʊ l WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ɛ t s WORD_BOUNDARY ə ɹ ɹ aʊ n d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ t i WORD_BOUNDARY t uː WORD_BOUNDARY j ɪ ɹ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY k ə n t ɪ n j uː ə s WORD_BOUNDARY s ʌ n l aɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY f ɑ l oʊ d WORD_BOUNDARY b aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ t i WORD_BOUNDARY t uː WORD_BOUNDARY j ɪ ɹ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY d ɑ ɹ k n ə s WORD_BOUNDARY