question on alaska’s light?
by admin on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | 4 Comments
I was just wondering, for people who live or hunt in alaska, is it true that alaska is dark 24/7 in the winter and light 24/7 in the summer?
thanks. jak
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No the cycle is only 30 days at a time off and on because of it’s location in reference to the rotation of the sun.
The least amount of functional daylight we get during the winter is seven hours and 35 minutes, and that occurs on Winter Solstice, usually around December 21. Anchorage gains daylight rapidly until Summer Solstice, which occurs around June 21 and we have nearly 24 hours of functional daylight.
Kind of…In Barrow the sun never comes above the horizon from November 18th to January 24th. And then during the summer from May 10th to August 2nd the sun never goes below the horizon.
In Anchorage, however, the shortest day is just barely over seven hours and the longest is almost 20 hours. However, it is not really dark during the summer. It is a twilight darkness. Just beautiful. Only in Anchorage will you see parents taking their three year old out to a restaurant at 11pm.
just like the above have told you true….it’s common for people who vacation and camp above the arctic circle in the summer to put away their watches and just go…you sleep when you get tired,eat when hungry,wake up when you are ready…most guides will tell you the average day runs about 20-30 hrs before folks slow down and sleep for a few…we don’t get to see fourth of July fireworks because it is not dark enough…new years is the time! It’s nice to be watching the late night news and have the sun shining…