Funny how people are different; my experience is the exact opposite - summers are tolerable once you've got yourself a decent set of blinds. Just. Winters? Lov

Funny how people are different; my experience is the exact opposite - summers are tolerable once you've got yourself a decent set of blinds. Just. Winters? Love it. The polar night is eerily beautiful; much of it isn't pitch black, but rather blue-ish, thanks to refraction in the atmosphere - we get lots and lots of twilight hours! Also, there is something soothing (to this guy, anyway) about the relative quiet outside - snow mutes much noise, birds don't chirp as much, most people spend more time indoors... Summer? Well, at times it is convenient to have, say, a barbecue at two AM while working on your tan - but mostly I've found the midnight sun to be an annoyance more than a bonus. (Full disclosure - I am not born and raised in the Arctic, I just sort of stumbled into a couple of summers and winter seasons in various places up north (from 68 to 79 degrees latitude); the locals are overwhelmingly in favour of summer!)