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To a lesser extent, a friend of mine moved to Fairbanks, Alaska with her husband where they’d get near-full days of sun in the summer and dark in the winter. T
by sharkweek 4y ago
To a lesser extent, a friend of mine moved to Fairbanks, Alaska with her husband where they’d get near-full days of sun in the summer and dark in the winter.
They made it about five years (they were there on a med school debt reduction program to work in smaller communities) and then noped the hell out as fast as they could. They are both pretty resilient people but really struggled with the months of these daylight patterns. Even after “getting used to it” they felt the oppression of the dark seasons particularity hard.
I’d be curious to know what the science is around making this more bearable for long term stays in that type of condition. I’m laughing at the photos of tropical beaches in the cafeteria photos from the article but I’m guessing those honestly probably do offer a slight marginal boost!
- bombcar 4y agoFrom what I’ve read regulating the light is extremely important - which necessitates going far indoors at set times where you can have non-blue light to simulate sunset. Endless day can wear on you like endless night, but the night can fought with proper lighting.
- lb1lf 4y agoThis. I lived way up north a few years ago - near 70N - and the winters were a breeze. What wore me down was the summers - you could work into the evening and still have plenty daylight left to socialise outdoors after work. If you weren't careful, though, suddenly you'd notice that the pesky sun was higher in the sky than it had been a couple of hours ago, and you knew you were in for a hard day.
- ghaff 4y agoThe counter-argument I've heard from someone who lived there is that--relative to northern continental US--you basically have the same amount of non-work light in the winters (i.e. zero). But you have as much light as you could ever want (and maybe more) between the equinoxes.