Lightbulbs for Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2005 by Gene

As I contemplate traveling back to chilly Washington, DC this week, looking for my gloves and deciding which sweaters to unpack, I am reminded that there are worse places to be.
Like, oh, Alaska. Where the sun is now setting — until spring. Yes, once it goes down, it doesn’t come back for a while. Today’s weather in Barrow:

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Check out the sunrise and sunset times. Scary. Very scary. I mean, it seems like the times for another planet, you know?

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