Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Newsday.com: Alaskans Await Passing of Winter Solstice

Newsday.com: Alaskans Await Passing of Winter Solstice: "Lloyd Leavitt shrugs off the subzero freeze that blankets the Arctic town of Barrow each winter. It's the weeks of endless night that get to him, filling him with insatiable cravings for carbohydrates and sleep and natural light.

'There comes a time when you don't know if it's morning or evening. You get confused,' said Leavitt, who has lived all his 49 years in the nation's highest-latitude community."

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