YORK 7 BOOK BUDDIES

If you came here to see the assignment for “Pulling Up Stakes” please go to the ASSIGNMENTS page (ACROSS TOP BAR UNDER TITLE “YORK 7 BOOK BUDIES”) where your choices are listed. (info about Alaska’s lack of daytime in certain months below)

If you would like to know why there is no daytime in this story, I copied a bit of info from internet below:

I heard that in Alaska it is daylight all-day in the summer and dark all-day in the winter. Is this true?
Well, yes and no. In some communities north of the Arctic Circle there are stretches of complete continuous sunlight in the summer and of darkness in the winter. For instance, Barrow, the northern-most point in Alaska, has no sunlight from November 18 through January 24. In the summer it is quite the opposite with 84 days of continuous sunlight from May 10 to August 2.

In most of Alaska (including Anchorage) the amount of daylight is not quite as extreme. During summer solstice on June 21, Anchorage experiences nearly 20 hours of daylight. On the shortest day of the year, December 21, Anchorage will receive a little more than seven hours of daylight.

The responses to the assignment for this short story should be posted here. If you prefer, you may just type it in Appleworks and print it rather than posting on the blog. It is due Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

Even if you decide to post your assignment, you should still compose and save it in Appleworks first so you don’t lose it!

I heard that in Alaska it is daylight all-day in the summer and dark all-day in the winter. Is this true? (from travel blog on Alaska on Internet - for your information)
Well, yes and no. In some communities north of the Arctic Circle there are stretches of complete continuous sunlight in the summer and of darkness in the winter. For instance, Barrow, the northern-most point in Alaska, has no sunlight from November 18 through January 24. In the summer it is quite the opposite with 84 days of continuous sunlight from May 10 to August 2.

In most of Alaska (including Anchorage) the amount of daylight is not quite as extreme. During summer solstice on June 21, Anchorage experiences nearly 20 hours of daylight. On the shortest day of the year, December 21, Anchorage will receive a little more than seven hours of daylight.

Michael C.