Re:What Life Looks Like When Night Lasts for Days
by rypskar on Sunday January 28, 2018 @04:25AM
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I have heard from others who move here that they have problems with sleeping. For me, who have grown up here, it is normal and not a problem.
Winters are cold, but except for that it is nice to see the difference in light from day to day this time of year
Winters? Love it.
The polar night is eerily beautiful; much of it isn't pitch black, but rather blue-ish, thanks to refraction in the atmosphere - we get lots and lots of twilight hours!
Also, there is something soothing (to this guy, anyway) about the relative quiet outside - snow mutes much noise, birds don't chirp as much, most people spend more time indoors...
Summer? Well, at times it is convenient to have, say, a barbecue at two AM while working on your tan - but mostly I've found the midnight sun to be an annoyance more than a bonus.
(Full disclosure - I am not born and raised in the Arctic, I just sort of stumbled into a couple of summers and winter seasons in various places up north (from 68 to 79 degrees latitude); the locals are overwhelmingly in favour of summer!)