Today marks the start of the dark season in Arctic Bay, the Sun set for the last time until rises again on the sixth of February. In actual fact, for our latitude, the Sun will continue to rise for about a week, but because of the terrain here we will not see it again for the next three months.
People who have followed this blog for awhile will probably know that I don't mind the dark season. We're never truly dark here, there is always a varying amount of twilight and probably only a couple of days when you could see stars for 24 hours.
For me there is so much to do, and so much happening between now and the Winter Solstice, and coupled with how quickly the light returns that before I know it the sun has returned. It is also a time of incredible, but often subtle, beauty. Our sky from here on out has the most amazing range of colours, and the stars seem closer and brighter than anywhere else on earth.
So bring on the dark season. Before you know it it will be over and iceberg photos will take over the blog again. Besides, I've some writing I need to do while its cold out.
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Are you the same Clare Kines who ‘published’ Alvin Kines, ‘Waiting to catch the general’s head’ in 2003?
I am the same one Brian. Alvin was my grandfather.