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1/28/2015

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Up here in the Arctic, we are celebrating the return of the sun after a long period of darkness (a month of December darkness, to be precise). This is a hard time of year for many people, but I hope the beauty of creation will bring you as much joy as it does to me. We are now enjoying 5 hours of sunlight each day, and it keeps getting brighter.

In the spirit of being authentic, these photos are untouched and unembellished in any way.

Enjoy the natural beauty. May much love surround you.

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Return of Inuvik Sun

1/17/2015

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Last weekend Inuvik celebrated the return of the sun after a month’s absence with the annual 3-day Sunrise Festival.

There was a dizzying number of activities available, including a bonfire, fireworks, a concert, a skidoo rally, an 'Ice Road Village' complete with igloos, a snow carving contest, reindeer to pet, dog sled rides with huskies, hot chocolate served from an ice bar with ice furniture, a pancake breakfast, downhill snow sledding, drum dancing and jigging, and a 'Taste of Inuvik' food festival.

Below are some photos of the igloos, snow sculptures and the ice bar that was set up on the surface of a frozen lake in town.

The sun officially made its appearance on January 6th, although we actually saw it over the horizon as early as January 2nd. As of today (January 17), we already have over 3 hours of sun, with sunrise at 12:26 pm and sunset at 3:44 pm. It will be back with a vengeance soon.

I’m sure there is a scientific explanation why the sun came back earlier than usual, but either way, we’re happy. A lot of people also said that the month of December was a lot less dark than it used to be, with a lot more light in the sky even though the sun was below the horizon. If anyone knows why this is the case, let me know!

An inukshuk carved out of snow.

Some of the entries in the snow-carving contest.

Igloo #1

Igloo #2

The sun!

The bar made of ice with hot tea.

Hanging out in an igloo!

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3 Years of Adventure

1/8/2015

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Happy new year everyone! I hope you had a great holiday with family, friends and waaaaaaay too much food like I did.

January 4th marked my three-year anniversary of moving to the Arctic. Unfortunately, I didn't remember that significant milestone until the end of the day ... and then thought I really should have done something special to commemorate ... but I didn't! Instead I noticed we had a beautiful moonrise, so I went out and took these photos.

The sun is back as well, and it came back about 4 days early this year! I'm sure there's a scientific explanation why we saw it on January 2nd, when we usually don't see it until about the 6th or 7th. But we're not complaining - it's nice to see the sun again. When I'm not stuck indoors working, I will try to get a photo or two.

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