Land of the Midnight Sun..pics...

**captain** · 06-22-2007, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by Glacier

My little shack. There's just no way to get a picture of it without a few dogs in the frame!

And if there were no dogs in the frame, I would be asking where they were

WOW - so much light. Is it hard to sleep? You have not always lived up there have you? You were used to NIGHT in summer, weren't you?

**Edwina's Secretary** · 06-22-2007, 09:14 PM

You have me wondering Captain....there must be the same (but opposite time) conditions somewhere at your end of the world as well?

Does it occur in Australia? If not...how far south do you have to go to experience midnight sun?

**captain** · 06-22-2007, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary

You have me wondering Captain....there must be the same (but opposite time) conditions somewhere at your end of the world as well?

Does it occur in Australia? If not...how far south do you have to go to experience midnight sun?

You have to go to Antartica to experience that down here in the Southern Hemisphere, but we have daylight saving here. So between October - March we have one hour extra of light, and April - September we have one hour less as we turn the clocks back or forward.
Of course, if you make a mistake and turn the clock backward instead of forward, you end up being 2 hours late for work!!!

Thanks for asking

**BC_MoM** · 06-23-2007, 02:10 AM

You must have a low electricity bill!

**cloverfdx** · 06-23-2007, 02:20 AM

That is amazing Tamara

. It is currently 5.40PM and just starting to get dark here

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**karyn674** · 06-23-2007, 02:33 AM

Two days ago (21st June) was the longest day of summer, it became dark at about 9pm.

When I was in Germany in June it used to get dark at about 11 and that was so strange for me. Its like you don't feel like going to sleep cos it feels like its still very early!

Imagine if I lived in North canada.......I'll get so exauseted!!!

**Laura's Babies** · 06-23-2007, 08:43 AM

We have inside closeable shutters on the boat that we can close and it makes it completely dark in the bedrooms because all hours day and nigh, the ones off watch are sleeping. That is what I would have to have there where you live but I think I would love it as I am a night person and really don't have any energy until after 5pm. I have been known to do my houseleeping after dark and sit up sewing all night.

**ramanth** · 06-24-2007, 06:19 PM

Very neat!

**Glacier** · 06-24-2007, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by BC_MoM

You must have a low electricity bill!

LOL, you'd think so, wouldn't you!? But the price of electricity is stupid up here and I run five freezers--one for human food and four for the dogs' food! The bill is actually lower in the winter when I can unplug all the freezers!

**Lobodeb** · 06-24-2007, 06:31 PM

As always, Tamara, your photos are breathtaking!

**anna_66** · 06-25-2007, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by Glacier

The bill is actually lower in the winter when I can unplug all the freezers!

I find that amazing!

I love your pictures

I had a dream last night I was coming to visit you Tamara...oooohhh it was so cold

**Randi** · 06-25-2007, 10:04 AM

Love your pictures!

It takes forever to get dark here too, about 9PM it's getting a bit darker, but it doesn't get REAL dark during the night. I'd prefer to live a place where it goes from light to dark in half an hour.

In Spain it went from light to pitch black in about 10 - 15 min.

**cyber-sibes** · 06-25-2007, 11:20 AM

Did it take you very long to adjust to the seasonal changes? Do you have to force yurself to go tobed anyway?
How long are you without sun in the winter? It must be rough when the sun doesn't shine at all.

**boris91** · 06-25-2007, 02:38 PM

how do ya sleep? i would be up all night if i t were that light here me and my brother would be out all night walking and playing with the ferrets LOL amazing!