Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 18:12
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Alaska Climate Variation

Hi Peggy,

You are writing great journals, and it looks like you are having quite an adventure!  How much sunlight, sunset are you getting?  Is there a night?  Can you work until midnight?  If it does get dark, is it dark enough for a star filled sky?  Any aurora borealis?  Great photos too.

 

Looking forward to hearing more.

Mary Anne  

Thu, 08/16/2007 - 11:16

Peggy Foletta

Hi Mary Anne.  Good to hear from you!  I followed your adventure when I had the chance.  The little Auks are fascinating!  I've enjoyed hearing about your experiences and the people and animals you met along the way!We did not have 24 hours a day of light, but it seemed that way.  Only one night out of the whole trip did I see stars.  When I zipped up my tent at night it was light and when I unzipped it in the morning it was light and it seemed light anytime I woke up during the night.  The variation of sunrise to sunset on my expedition was 18 hours between sunrise and sunset when I arrived and 16 hours between sunrise and sunset now  We stopped work between 6 and 8 in the evening before we started dinner.  We would take off to our sleeping tents about 10-10:30pm after cards or socializing in the kitchen tent.