article_snippet: That is one of greatest solar mysteries, but astronomers will be hoping to find an answer today - by observing the total solar eclipse from the North Pole.
article_snippet: And in an amazing coincidence, the eclipse occurred over Svalbard in the North Pole on the same day the sun came into view after six months of polar night - an event which happens only once every 500,000 years.
article_snippet: In a coincidence, the eclipse occurred over the North Pole on the same day the sun came into view after six months of polar night - an event which happens only once every 500,000 years .