Polar Night

Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Tue, May 23, 2023, 12:59 AM UTC

icemelt8 wrote: post #15

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #7

I just love this guy's posts. I am glad to get such a great view of things, without going there, myself. It's like photos of Svalbard. Cool to look at, but I really don't think I'm up for the jaunt in person. As we get older, "bragging rights" tend to decline in importance (although "bucket list" is probably something that gains importance, and it can smell the same -the difference is that "bragging rights" face outw…

I think its a woman, but there is no info about them.

Post by kalyantm » Tue, May 23, 2023, 7:08 AM UTC

Post by angelbar » Tue, May 23, 2023, 2:01 PM UTC

prawn wrote: post #20

ricardobeat wrote: post #10

I remember many distinct moments walking under moonlight when I was a kid. At the family ranch, when visiting relatives in a very remote place, walking on the beach. Sadly I think this is an experience very few people in this era will ever get to experience.

I've competed in a sport that involves hiking through the night (24 hour events, always coinciding with a full moon) and I've also camped a lot, so I have dozens of strong memories like this. But like you said, for large parts of the world, this experience would be uncommon. Walking through the night for the first time felt like one of those "life before x, life after x" things to experience. Almost as though you don…