---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
> Mentions of camping, and camping weather, heaters and how to keep warm -
> prompted me to look at a calendar for the far north. It appears that in
> Nome Alaska on Frydaye, Dec 16 - the sun will set at 15:59 (24 hr time)
> and stay below the horizon  until it rises again on Wed, Dec 21 at 11:58
> (24 hr time). It only gains one minute that first day.
>
> Glad it doesn't get dark and stay that way down here.

And further north (Nome is not that far north by Alaskan reckoning) the dark period is much longer.  mcneely
>
> John
>
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> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com

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David McNeely