Since there are often misconceptions about Alaska being dark and frigid all winter long, I thought I'd share a little about what it's really like here. These photos were taken on January 4, about 15 days after the shortest day of the year Dec. 21. It was light from about 9:30 until about 4:15, but the sun was always very low in the sky to the south. The farther north you go, the shorter and colder the days get. We are in a bit of a cold snap currently, with daytime temps about -6 or so, but typical winter temps are between 0 and 25. While we can't quite see these Chugach Mountains from our actual house (due to trees), we only need to walk about 1 block and this is the view from a popular sledding hill near our house. Most days it is absolutely beautiful here. Other days we have ice fog, but I guess you take the good with the bad. You may click on the photos to make them larger.
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