20051120.0823

20051120.0823

It is dark like night here much of the day. It is not complete utter darkness however. Even at eight in the morning, with three hours left to daylight, there is a dawnish blue on the southeastern horizon. It is not enough light to light up the day, but it is enough to suggest morning. Night is similar. The sun slowly sets, and then evening very slowly comes. It is dark early, and nights are very long, but these arctic sunsets and sunrises take forever. Reminds me a little of visiting Fairbanks, except that it was almost the equinox then rather than the solstice. Would love to see summer solstice here.

May go skiing today. The weather has been warm so I can’t imagine what the snow is like. We had some snow last week, but it has warmed to 5 or 8 degrees for the last few days, and everything has melted and refrozen into an ice rink. Thorbjorg and Bjarni lent us some shoe spikes, which is a very good thing.