Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago above the Arctic Circle, experiences polar night from mid-November to late January, when the sun doesn’t rise, cloaking its icy, glacier-covered landscape in darkness, faintly lit by twilight and northern lights. Despite subzero temperatures, about 2,500 residents in Longyearbyen and Arctic wildlife endure, supported by artificial light, until sunlight returns in late January, ushering in the midnight sun by April. | Historyinmemes

An abandoned fishing net more than 300 feet long threatened the marine wildlife of Espíritu Santo Archipelago National Park. Now, thanks to a joint effort by Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA), the Mexican Navy (Secretaría de Marina), COBI, and Conservación Internacional México — with support from SC Johnson, A Family Company — this massive net has been removed, restoring Espíritu Santo as a safe passage for marin