Deep Cold

When you live up here they have some interesting weather terms.  “Deep Cold” is pretty descriptive.  We have had several days of sub -30F temperatures and it is still dropping.  This is more typical of late December but still common in January. You really can’t do much outside at this temperature.  It’s pretty hard on… Continue reading Deep Cold

Winter finally arrives

A lot of people have been asking me if it really gets dark all winter up here.  At this latitude we are never in darkness for 24 hours.  True, we only get a few hours this time of year but we do get sunlight.  Not so for communities farther north like Barrow and Wainwright. I… Continue reading Winter finally arrives