Sleepless on Devon Island

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Society at July 13, 2003 12:00 PM

One can’t rise at dawn if the sun never sets. Daylight is constant here in the Arctic. We are so far north that the sun essentially circles us, never rising much more than thirty degrees above the horizon. There is no dusk, much less dark, which presents us with both opportunities and problems. Our workdays can be longer — there is no dusk to remind us that it’s time for supper. We never turn on the common room lights, and we don’t have to worry about flashlight batteries, nightlights or getting lost outside at night.