Yesterday was the last day that the Sun is visible in Arctic Bay until early February. Oh, in truth there is another week or so at this latitude with the sun, but given Arctic Bay's location nestled in amongst the hills and fiords, we won't see it here.
This is what the sky looked like when I was home for lunch, the sun below the horizon. There. From my office, which is a little higher up the hill, I could watch the sun disappear as I returned to work.
Most often, when people wonder about life up here, they comment about the dark season. Often commenting about how unbearable it must be. I don't find it that way at all. I mean, if I got to choose between 24 hour dark, and 24 hour light, it would only take about a nanosecond to choose light. But I don't get that choice, and with the 24 hour light comes the dark season in balance.
I don't find it depressing, I don't find it long. I find it fascinating. I flies by in a flash, and we always have a bit of light each day. The sky is ever changing, and when all the light leaves it the countless stars that grace my view are stunning. And seem stunningly close. Christmas season here is a big reason why this time of year flies by, and six short weeks from now, the sun will begin its return to us.
The Sun may be down, but I love the palettes that it paints the sky with, and the anticipation of its return that drives through it all.
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Plus,if you’re not a morning person, you can sleep in until around noon and still see the sunrise! The skies are amazing in the arctic, I love the marathon of dusk and dawn.
It has crepuscular hours like no where else in the world doesn’t it Nancy?