Winter, and particularly winter in the northern regions, has a reputation of being dark, dreary and bone chilling cold. Sure.... at times.. But the beauty that comes with it is worth its weight in gold. Without the dark we would not have the opportunity to see the Milky Way, Aurora Borialis, and incredible moon lit landscapes. It's the lemonade from the lemon, and so sweet it is when we take time to drink it in. Lately the temperatures in Fairbanks have been between 0F and 20F. That feels like the tropics after the -40F temps we had last week. In general, this winter has been warmer than normal with less precipitation. Up until last week we only had about 7 inches of snow on the ground. That all changed two days ago with a Fairbanks record breaking 10 inch snow fall over night. No one was expecting it, not even the forecasters. It's good to be wrong sometimes.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Warm Subarctic Nights
Winter, and particularly winter in the northern regions, has a reputation of being dark, dreary and bone chilling cold. Sure.... at times.. But the beauty that comes with it is worth its weight in gold. Without the dark we would not have the opportunity to see the Milky Way, Aurora Borialis, and incredible moon lit landscapes. It's the lemonade from the lemon, and so sweet it is when we take time to drink it in. Lately the temperatures in Fairbanks have been between 0F and 20F. That feels like the tropics after the -40F temps we had last week. In general, this winter has been warmer than normal with less precipitation. Up until last week we only had about 7 inches of snow on the ground. That all changed two days ago with a Fairbanks record breaking 10 inch snow fall over night. No one was expecting it, not even the forecasters. It's good to be wrong sometimes.
