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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Tue, 11 Jul 1999, skyball10 wrote:
> Darn I hoped to see the northern lights, maybe from Vancouver area. I had hoped to do some observing from the ship.
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> art
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert MacKay
> To: sf-bay-tac@No-Spam
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 1999 5:16 PM
> Subject: Alaska Cruise
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> I spent 6 months at Alert NWT (82.30* N)
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> You won't have much luck seeing anything this time of year. It gets "twilighty" in the middle of the night but that's about it.
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> But it depends though on how far north you go. You may get lucky and get some darkness for an hour or two.
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> Enjoy the daytime sights instead.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: skyball10
> To: sf-bay-tac@No-Spam
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 1999 5:04 PM
> Subject: Alaska Cruise
>
>
> I will be going on an Alaskan Cruise next week with the family. Is ther anything I should look at up there, I believe that the sun will be up a good part of the time. Does anyone know if it gets real dark at night or just twilight at this time of year.
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> art
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