You Think Your Winter is Cold and Dark?

Photo courtesy of The University of Alaska Fairbanks, Barrow Sea Ice Web cam. You can click on the link or on the photo to visit the web cam.

Today the sun will rise in Barrow, Alaska and then set. That will be the last sunrise of the year for this far north village. The residents of Barrow will not see the sun again until January 24, 2011. On that day sunrise will be at 1:04pm and the sun will set at 2:13pm.

If you look over on my sidebar you will see the current weather for Barrow. Right now their temperatures are not that much different than what we are expecting for this weekend. They do have a lot more snow. Watch my sidebar in the weeks to come and notice the temps.

In past posts I have told you about the time I spent working at Camp Ukpiksuu (pictured above, my photo) on the Arctic Slope twenty miles south of Barrow, Alaska. The camp was set up for local children to give them a taste of life on the tundra as well as a regular summer camp experience. I was hired to teach nature and arts & crafts. After camp I had the opportunity to spend a day and night in Barrow before flying back to Anchorage. I met a lot of wonderful people and came away with really great memories of the experience.

Be sure to visit the Barrow Sea Ice web cam, the site has more information and links that you might find interesting.