More of Alaska

An interesting fact about Alaska is, there's going to be only 4 hours of insolation per day in Fairbanks come January. On the contrary, daylight accounts for 21.5 hours during the peak of Summer, i.e. in July. That explains why Alaska is known as "The Land of the Midnight Sun"! If you'd watched "The Proposal", you'll see Sandra Bullocks going to bed in the "day", when the sun is still blazing high up in the sky. Not forgetting about the crazy weather too. The average temperature in Fairbanks now hovers at about -30 deg celsius (I think I've mentioned this before). We thought there's going to be a high possibility the temp is going to hit -40 d.c. or even lower, when we arrive a month later.

We're definitely going to make full use of that limited hours of daylight per day, but we're still not sure if our thick layers wil keep us warm enough to conquer the horrendous weather. Despite this, I'm soooo looking forward to go dogsledding & snowmobile-ridding, while the boys are dying to ski amidst the snow-capped mountains. Of course the Northern Light is our main objective, and lets hope we are lucky enough to catch it!

With this, I think I am sort of ready to leave STL for good, ready to overcome the difficulties of a working life...