It’s still summer (technically before the fall equinox) and you wake up to SNOW on the ground outside (and in the air currently blowing by your window).
The local temperature is 27 degrees Celsius colder today than the temperature in the Canadian town you grew up in.
You are counting down the days till the sun won't rise (note the new ticker in the sidebar) and until you can drive your vehicle onto the arctic ocean (!!).
Choices at your local grocery store inclue ground muskox, frozen arctic char or caribou jerky.
All the local buildings are up on pilings to keep the ground under them from melting.
Skidoos are parked in your apartment’s parking lot along with (or instead of) the cars and trucks .
It’s perfectly normal to go shopping for a skidoo at your local grocery store (where else?!).
Polar bears and caribou may wander through or near your town. (A polar bear did so more than a month ago; I'm looking forward to seeing the caribou although they are already in the area according to local hunters who have been stocking their freezers with them.)
Wool clothing has been de rigueur since JULY.
And did I mention that it's still summer and it's SNOWING?
5 comments:
Stop,... you're making me salivate with jealousy.
Sorry about that!
Does it help much to tell you that it's now raining? (I liked the snow better too.)
Oh, no. Cancel that about the rain. It lasted for only an hour or so. It's back to snowing big fluffy flakes. Mmmm.
I would like to see some pics of the local buildings!
Put me on the Jealous of You list, please. It was 90F here today. Bleh.
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