A Little Perspective
3 December 2007
City.................. Sunset................. Hours of Daylight
Atlanta .......... 5:29...................... 10:02
New York.........4:28.......................9:26
Jena...............4:13.......................8:13
Moscow...........4:01.......................7:23
Stockholm.......2:54......................6:32
Fairbanks........2:56......................4:31
Murmansk.....DOWN ALL DAY.......
It's always good to have a little perspective. So from now on when I think about winter daylight, I'm going to think about Murmansk. The people of Murmansk last saw the sun on the first of December, when it crested the horizon from 12:15 until 12:57. They will see it again on January ll, when it makes an appearance at 12:49. Despite the darkness, a lot of people live there. At 325,000 people, its the largest city above the arctic circle. By way of comparison, there are only 82,000 people in Fairbanks. Murmansk even boasts a university with 4,458 students. I hear they may be looking for a philosophy professor soon.
Other interesting facts about Marmansk:
1) Because of the Gulf Stream, the port remains free of ice all year.
2) In WWI the US, the British, and the White Russians controlled it.
3) In WWII the US and the British supplied Russia through this port.
4) The city has the only fleet of nuclear powered ice breakers in the world.
It's always good to have a little perspective. So from now on when I think about winter daylight, I'm going to think about Murmansk. The people of Murmansk last saw the sun on the first of December, when it crested the horizon from 12:15 until 12:57. They will see it again on January ll, when it makes an appearance at 12:49. Despite the darkness, a lot of people live there. At 325,000 people, its the largest city above the arctic circle. By way of comparison, there are only 82,000 people in Fairbanks. Murmansk even boasts a university with 4,458 students. I hear they may be looking for a philosophy professor soon.
Other interesting facts about Marmansk:
1) Because of the Gulf Stream, the port remains free of ice all year.
2) In WWI the US, the British, and the White Russians controlled it.
3) In WWII the US and the British supplied Russia through this port.
4) The city has the only fleet of nuclear powered ice breakers in the world.
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