In the wee hours of June 10, there was a solar eclipse. Normally the sun wouldn’t be visible in the middle of the night, but we’re in our 24-hour daylight period, so we got up at 4am to go to the viewing party.
Solar Eclipse
Written by: Faye
Category: Weather and Environment
Office Skating Rink
Written by: Faye
Some coworkers and I shovelled off a rink on the lake next to the office.
2021 Sunrise
Written by: Faye
On January 6th, the sun rose in Inuvik for the first time in a month. It was only up for 45 minutes, and “up” is a pretty generous term to describe it peaking its head briefly above the horizon before disappearing again. Fortunately, day length has increased quickly since then, and it wasn’t long before we could see the entire sun-ball during the day. As of today, the sun is getting a whole 5° of altitude at its meridian.
Every year, the town has a Sunrise Festival to welcome back the sun. This year was scaled down, but still had a fireworks show.
