Every issue of the WSJ has a front page story about some kind of irrelevant topic with respect to business. Today's story is about the cold winter AK is having. I have Prudhoe Bay, Kiana, Fairbanks, and King Salmon on my phone and been watching the temps all winter. Been cold, but as the story said, hasn't hit 50 below yet...

-40 here last week and we're only at about 53 deg. Lat.

Grizz

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
Every issue of the WSJ has a front page story about some kind of irrelevant topic with respect to business. Today's story is about the cold winter AK is having. I have Prudhoe Bay, Kiana, Fairbanks, and King Salmon on my phone and been watching the temps all winter. Been cold, but as the story said, hasn't hit 50 below yet...

Oh GREAT now its global cooling

It is odd, here in Barrow the sea ice was very late coming in. It screwed up the fall whaling season. They only caught one bowhead.

It’s getting cold now. We are set so see -30 for the next week or so. And the sun peaked over the horizon for the first time yesterday.

Polar bears had been coming into town frequently because of the lack of ice.

The Homer Harbor usually don't freeze until Feb. if at all. Cook inlet got your sea ice early.
Has been frozen sense last week of dec. Glad I pulled my boat Dec. 12

Seems like winter was a bit slow in getting cold here. It made up for it. It's been bitter cold for some time now. Brrrr!

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Originally posted by JBrown:
It is odd, here in Barrow the sea ice was very late coming in. It screwed up the fall whaling season. They only caught one bowhead.

It’s getting cold now. We are set so see -30 for the next week or so. And the sun peaked over the horizon for the first time yesterday.

Polar bears had been coming into town frequently because of the lack of ice.

Wow - I don’t know who you guys live thru winter in barrow Alaska.

I would go crazy and depressed not seeing sunlight.

Mike

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:

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Originally posted by JBrown:
It is odd, here in Barrow the sea ice was very late coming in. It screwed up the fall whaling season. They only caught one bowhead.

It’s getting cold now. We are set so see -30 for the next week or so. And the sun peaked over the horizon for the first time yesterday.

Polar bears had been coming into town frequently because of the lack of ice.

Wow - I don’t know who you guys live thru winter in barrow Alaska.

I would go crazy and depressed not seeing sunlight.

Mike

but he is not telling you about daylight the rest of the year.
here we got 5hours minu during winter but it is increasing fast and summer is land of midnightsun ...

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:

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Originally posted by JBrown:
It is odd, here in Barrow the sea ice was very late coming in. It screwed up the fall whaling season. They only caught one bowhead.

It’s getting cold now. We are set so see -30 for the next week or so. And the sun peaked over the horizon for the first time yesterday.

Polar bears had been coming into town frequently because of the lack of ice.

Wow - I don’t know who you guys live thru winter in barrow Alaska.

I would go crazy and depressed not seeing sunlight.

Mike

This is only my second winter in The Slope. So far it has not been too bad. Even at the darkest part it Winter we get a couple of hours of midday twilight. And with everything covered in bright white snow the twilight is pretty bright. It at least resets your body clock.

And the thing that no one ever mentions is that the moonlight on the snow keeps things from ever getting too dark. It’s not light, but it’s never fully dark either.

And I saw the sun today for the first time since early December! It began popping over the horizon Thursday but I didn’t have a chance to see it until today.

It was -31 F with a windchill of -54 so I won’t be sunbathing just yet...

What a special place Alaska is! Only been there once -- Wrangell via Juneau for fishing. Spectacular. I don't know how I would react to the depths of winter way up north. Geez, I needed a happy light in Salem, Oregon!

Alaska has very long twilights; it is light much longer after sunset than, say Africa, and likewise, it is light well before sunrise. That is why even in Anchorage, which does have a sunrise and sunset, stays light enough in June to tie on a fishing lure all night long.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
I don't know how I would react to the depths of winter way up north. Geez, I needed a happy light in Salem, Oregon!

I should have mentioned that I started using a happy light this winter and it does seem to make a difference. I also take a lot of vitamin D.

As far as depression goes it seems like there is a lag on how the darkness affects people. Even though the light is back the months of February and March are the worst for people in general.

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Originally posted by JBrown:

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
I don't know how I would react to the depths of winter way up north. Geez, I needed a happy light in Salem, Oregon!

I should have mentioned that I started using a happy light this winter and it does seem to make a difference. I also take a lot of vitamin D.

As far as depression goes it seems like there is a lag on how the darkness affects people. Even though the light is back the months of February and March are the worst for people in general.

When I lived in Intl Falls the short days (granted, not like AK, but still short) didn't depress me but snow at the end of April or beginning of May sure did.

Off the wall kinda.
Winter of '69 I worked underground in a
mine day shift, seven days a week.
Dark when we went in, dark all day,
in the hole, still dark when we got out.

About the twelth week I asked for a day off
or change to night shift as I hadn't
seen the sun in three months and it was
screwing me up.

Boss refused. I quit end of that very shift.

George

Angle of the arc of the sun. On the equator it travels perpendicular to the horizon straight up and down. The farther north or south you are it travels at an angle to the horizon. I really like it up there need to get back

QUOTE]Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
Alaska has very long twilights; it is light much longer after sunset than, say Africa, and likewise, it is light well before sunrise. That is why even in Anchorage, which does have a sunrise and sunset, stays light enough in June to tie on a fishing lure all night long.[/QUOTE]