When Andrew and I moved to Alaska, I was the most nervous about the winter – not so much about the snow and the cold but the dark. I did a lot of research on Seasonal Affective Disorder and was very concerned about the lack of sunlight during the winter months. I am surprised that darkness hasn’t affected me like I feared. The school year has kept me very busy, which has helped.
The daylight is extreme here in Alaska. June 21st is our longest day of the year, with 19 hours of daylight and December 21st if our shortest day of the year, with 5 hours of sunlight. After summer solstice we start losing anywhere from 2-6 minutes of sunlight a day until we reach winter solstice to where we start gaining 2-6 minutes of sunlight a day. The month of December was the darkest and the hardest. My kids come off the bus at 9:30 am in the darkness and load buses at 4:15 pm in the darkness.
Jethro and Eli are thoroughly enjoying the winter and have helped us stay active during these winter months.
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