Tales from the Arctic: Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Posted by Kennie at 10/05/2008 12:35:00 PM Sunday, October 5, 2008

Winter has arrived here in Arctic Bay ... bringing with it a foot of snow :-)

8 comments:

Alex said...: I'd say "I'm not jealous" but then you could say "you're a big liar", and then I would say "you're right".

It's raining here in Fort Simpson, NT
:-(; October 5, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Kennie said...: Boo - rain! It will soon snow there too :-); October 5, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Anonymous said...: I hope you have a shovel!; October 5, 2008 at 2:20 PM
***** said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; October 5, 2008 at 2:55 PM
***** said...: Hello Kennie,

I see on my map that Arctic Bay is in the Arctic Circle. That means that you experience a period of some days when the sun does not rise. When does the sun "set"?

:)
artie; October 5, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Kennie said...: Hi Artie

The sun right now is setting around 6:30 pm (so right now) and sunrise is happening around 8:20 am. We are losing about 15 minutes of daylight per day. By the end of October, we should be into our dark season.

The darkest day will happen on Dec. 21 (no light what no ever) and then we will start to gain roughly 15 minutes of light per day with the sun finally rising above the horizon around Feb. 6.; October 5, 2008 at 6:27 PM
***** said...: Wow! That must be a very dramatic experience. So what about orientation? Is that not disorienting or do things just chug along according to the clock? What about the natives who had no clocks until the past century? What traditions are reflected in such a time warp? How did they function with those kinds of conditions?

artie; October 5, 2008 at 6:39 PM
***** said...: This is an intersting post from November 10, 2007 Sunlight in Arctic Bay; October 6, 2008 at 3:34 PM

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