Already Noticing Some Differences
We've been here about 72 hours, and here are some things we've noticed:
* The sun is still up at 11:10, and is light enough to walk around until almost midnight. The sun comes up at about 5:00. That is changing every day, but it's light a long time. (It will be even worse when we go up to Nuiqsut; they are experiencing 24 hours of daylight right now, and will be for another couple of weeks.)
* People here tend to stay up late (at least during the summer) because it's so light out.
* "Outside" doesn't mean the outside of the house; it means somewhere else besides Alaska. For example, "We'll be going outside for Christmas."
* * * There are others we've seen, but I can't think of them right now (it's 12:15 AM; see #2 above). Check back here for more culture differences. * * *
* The sun is still up at 11:10, and is light enough to walk around until almost midnight. The sun comes up at about 5:00. That is changing every day, but it's light a long time. (It will be even worse when we go up to Nuiqsut; they are experiencing 24 hours of daylight right now, and will be for another couple of weeks.)
* People here tend to stay up late (at least during the summer) because it's so light out.
* "Outside" doesn't mean the outside of the house; it means somewhere else besides Alaska. For example, "We'll be going outside for Christmas."
* * * There are others we've seen, but I can't think of them right now (it's 12:15 AM; see #2 above). Check back here for more culture differences. * * *
posted by John and Janet at 11:56 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Big Bro and Janet: Glad to see that you've found a place where your night-owl tendencies can become day-owl tendencies! Hope you bought really heavy curtains; it sounds like you'll need them.
Joanna
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