# Check out how bright it is here at 0230! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668 "2005-06-17T06:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/21 "2005-06-25T17:18:18Z")
I never lived as far north as that, but one thing I remember is not seeing any stars during the summer. The sky would get pale lemony colour, then a bit darker, but not dark enough to see stars. (Anchorage.) I didn’t mind the long winter nights, but I am a vegetable, and had a dog that needed walking, so at least I had to go outside sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/22 "2005-06-25T17:46:21Z")
Your thread got me curious about Nunavut and Iqualit, so I looked it up, and I am fascinated! I was wondering, are you from there? Have you spent your whole life there? Also, what is this language (at the top of the page). I have never seen anything like that before: [http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/pdf/iqaluit\_vg\_2005.pdf#page=4](http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/pdf/iqaluit_vg_2005.pdf#page=4) What is the warmest it gets there? On this page, it says the high temperature in July is 7.7, but doesn’t say whether it is celsius or farenheit… Because if that were celsius, that is pretty damn cold for July!!! [http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/pdf/iqaluit\_vg\_2005.pdf#page=18](http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/pdf/iqaluit_vg_2005.pdf#page=18) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/23 "2005-06-25T17:52:28Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > What is the warmest it gets there? On this page, it says the high temperature in July is 7.7, but doesn’t say whether it is celsius or farenheit… Because if that were celsius, that is pretty damn cold for July!!! > [http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/pdf/iqaluit\_vg\_2005.pdf#page=18](http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/pdf/iqaluit_vg_2005.pdf#page=18) I answered my own question. On the Iqaluit page, it says it is 7 degrees celsius, so that is abot 44 degrees farenheit. That’s not too bad! (It’s 88 degrees F here in the Washington DC area today!) ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/24 "2005-06-25T19:26:34Z")
Do you still have snow on the ground? From the picture, it looks like there’s still some there. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/25 "2005-06-25T20:35:02Z")
The white nights…boy, does that bring back memories… I once camped on the ice @ 89°45’ in April of '90 (I was a Navy contractor). Needless to say when your that far north, it’s impossible to tell which way “north” is without a watch, since the magnetic compass now points “south”. You just watch the sun spin around you at roughly the same elevation day after day after day… The dumbest thing I did on that trip was expecting to see the North Star directly above me :smack: ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/26 "2005-06-25T20:43:29Z")
**Nunavut Boy** you said you work at the hospital there. Why did you go there? Are you native to the area, or someone looking for a little adventure in an exotic location for a few months or years? ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/27 "2005-06-25T22:13:16Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > I answered my own question. On the Iqaluit page, it says it is 7 degrees celsius, so that is abot 44 degrees farenheit. That’s not too bad! During the warmest part of summer we’re lucky if we get 2 weeks of 15-20C weather. Right now, it’s usually 5-10C. > [@easy e](#): > > Do you still have snow on the ground? From the picture, it looks like there’s still some there. Most of the snow is gone. All that’s left is where it drifted up really deep. The bay (Frobisher Bay, where SeaLift ships come and drop off cargo) is still frozen over though and probably won’t be clear until then end of July. > [@user\_hostile](#): > > Nunavut Boy you said you work at the hospital there. Why did you go there? Are you native to the area, or someone looking for a little adventure in an exotic location for a few months or years? Yeah, I work as a lab tech at the hospital. I came up here in 2003 not knowing a soul. I guess you could say I was looking for adventure, I had the choice of working in my hometown (which I was getting sick of) or some small prairie town (no thanks) or here. This sounded the most interesting, so up I came. How many people can say they’ve lived in the arctic? I will be leaving to go back to school in August of this year and I’m really going to miss this place. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/28 "2005-06-25T22:16:02Z")
> [@Nunavut Boy](#): > > Yeah, I work as a lab tech at the hospital. I came up here in 2003 not knowing a soul. I guess you could say I was looking for adventure, I had the choice of working in my hometown (which I was getting sick of) or some small prairie town (no thanks) or here. This sounded the most interesting, so up I came. How many people can say they’ve lived in the arctic? I will be leaving to go back to school in August of this year and I’m really going to miss this place. I never regretted going up there in spite of the risk (single @ the time). You’ll remember this for the rest of your life. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/29 "2005-06-25T22:18:00Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > I never regretted going up there in spite of the risk (single @ the time). You’ll remember this for the rest of your life. 🙂 In which I met to say, had I been married, I would not have done it. On the other hand, you don’t have to worry about polar bears while going to the outhouse. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668/30 "2005-06-25T22:19:53Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Also, what is this language (at the top of the page). I have never seen anything like that before: That language is Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit. The written form is composed from a syllabary which was developed by some missionary in the 1800’s (I think) and is based on a modified Cree syllabary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-how-bright-it-is-here-at-0230/308668.md?page=1)