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srshea -> Northern Lights, Or the Lack Thereof (Dec. 28 2008 22:55:04)
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I've always been fascinated by the countries to the North and how they cope with the darkness in Winter.
Even here in Northern Scotland, the sun only reaches a height of about 10 degees at noon.
What must it be like in Hammerfest, Norway or in high Lapland?
So if you're living in any of the Northern countries, I'd be interested to know how high the sun gets at noon where you are!
Hey Ron,
I spent a winter in Oslo, and it was indeed dark. Oslo’s not really all that farther north than Scotland, and I’m sure it’s nothing compared to the REAL north, but it was a pretty interesting experience for me, at least (Especially since I had spent the previous four months in Hawaii. That was a particularly odd episode of culture/climate clash!). I found that I was really ill-equipped to handle the advanced level of drinking that my host and his friends were working at, so there were a number of late mornings to account for some of those long nights, and there were days were I didn’t see more than an hour of daylight. It was around this time that I was turned on to the fish oil.
I met a woman who was from a small island village in the far north. She told me a story about how, in her parent’s or grandparent’s generation, when modernization came along and processed food started to replace their natural, fish-based diet, everybody on the island got really depressed in the winter until they figured out that the absence of vitamin D from froth either the sun or the fish was the culprit. I’ve been taking the stuff ever since.
I’ve always been fascinated by places in the far, far north and have regular fantasies about running off to Resolute or Longyearbyen. I’ve always been really disappointed that I didn’t get farther north when I was over there…
Whereabouts are you located in Scotland? It’s always been pretty high on my list of places to visit. I’ve never shared the tropical vacation desires that most people have. I always dream of vacationing in St. Petersburg or Estonia or Greenland or wherever.
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