Sunset

Today was our last day to see the sun for the next three months. Truth be told, we couldn’t see the sun today as it was overcast but had it been clear, we could have bid the old orb adieu until February. Technically at this latitude the sun is with us for another week, but because Arctic Bay sits nestled in a bowl, surrounded by hills and mountains we lose the sun on November 5th. 

I’ve never minded the dark season here, on the whole we get a lot more light. Some people have this impression that after the sun goes down we’re plunged into inky blackness for three months. Nothing could be further from the truth.  Tomorrow won’t be significantly darker than today was, and we’ll gradually lose light for the next six weeks until it is nothing more than the glow of twilight on the horizon.  Before you know it February 6th arrives and the sun makes its return.

And the dark season is always fun as in about four to five weeks we’ll have nightly games at the gym. So bring on the dark, perhaps this is the year I break out the telescope.