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Domestic News
September 10, 1868
Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
A letter from Sitka, Alaska, dated June 24th, describes long twilights allowing reading until midnight, gradually shortening days, early sunsets in winter, and year-round snow on mountains.
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They have long twilights in Alaska. A letter dated Sitka, June 24th, says: "Since arriving here it has been delightful, clear and calm, and it seems impossible to believe me when I say I have laid in my bunk and read until 12 o'clock at midnight, receiving air from the outside through the air port. The days now are gradually getting short, and in a few months, or at least in September, the lights will have to be lit at six o'clock in the evening, and in the months of December, January, February. "Old Sol" sits about two o'clock in the afternoon. The mountains are always covered with snow throughout the summer."
What sub-type of article is it?
Weather
What keywords are associated?
Alaska Twilights
Sitka Weather
Long Days
Winter Sunsets
Snowy Mountains
Where did it happen?
Sitka, Alaska
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Sitka, Alaska
Event Date
June 24th
Event Details
Letter describes delightful clear and calm weather, reading until midnight due to long twilights, days shortening toward September with lights needed at 6 PM, sun setting around 2 PM in December-January-February, and mountains snow-covered year-round.