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Light in the far north
At 65.7° north, light is the camp's great clock: white nights in summer, long blue nights in winter — and in between, seasons that turn fast.
The camp sits just below the Arctic Circle. True midnight sun and true polar night begin a little further north: here the sun always sets, even in June — but so late, and so shallow below the horizon, that summer nights never turn dark. In late December, conversely, it rises for only a few hours.
Today at the camp
Sunrise
↑ 01:19
Daylight
22 h 33
Sunset
↓ 23:52
A year of light
The curve shows day length at the camp's latitude, day by day: nearly 23 hours around the summer solstice, barely 3 hours in late December. That breathing is what sets the rhythm of the seasons, the activities — and the dogs.
The northern lights
From September to March, whenever the night is dark and the sky is clear, auroras are on the menu of possibilities. The camp is well placed: far enough north to sit under the auroral oval on active nights, and far from any light pollution — the night here is truly black.
Never any guarantee: an aurora is something you watch for. The Kp index below measures forecast geomagnetic activity; at our latitude an aurora becomes plausible from Kp 2–3, likely above Kp 4 — given clear skies.
Forecast geomagnetic activity
Kp 4.0
Maximum Kp index over the next 24 h — scale from 0 (quiet) to 9 (storm).
Tonight
Kp 4.0
Tomorrow
Kp 3.0
Day after tomorrow
Kp 5.0
Winter at the camp is skijoring by day — and the sky by night. Fancy coming to watch for auroras with your dog?
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