For more light, go north of the Arctic Circle. That's the real land of the midnight sun. When the sun is farthest north of the celestial equator, it's time to work in Alaska. Fishing, berry-picking and canning, fill up the day. Winter will come soon enough.
Days shorten, shadows lengthen and bears retreat to their dens.
On Dec. 21, Juneau gets 6 hours and 21 minutes of daylight - and very dim daylight at that. In Barrow, they say goodbye to the sun on Nov. 10. It doesn't rise again until Jan. 27. Others get SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, a severe depression caused by too little light. Some go south to sunlight, following the example of their fowl-feathered friends.