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The Milepost may be the most complete travel guide for Alaska and the Canadian Northwest.  Buy it here.  Click the image for more information.

Here are some other Alaska travel books that you may find helpful:

Bear Attacks -- Bears are part of what makes Alaska fishing interesting.  Here's how to stay on good terms with the bruin.

Alaska Wear -- Tony Russ extensively covers what you will need to wear in Alaska to stay warm and dry and bug free.

Alaska: A Complete Guide to the Last Frontier -- Explore Alaska off the beaten path

Best Places Alaska -- What are the BEST places in Alaska: restaurants, lodging and adventure

The Delta area does not experience a true 'Midnight Sun' at the time of the summer solstice, however, it never gets really dark then either.  The picture at left was taken at around 3:30 a.m in June.

On June 21 and 22, the longest days of the year, the official sunrise time is 1:14 am. Sunset occurs at 10:16 pm for a total of 21 hours and 2 minutes of sunlight.

Michael Kingston shot this multiple exposure image of the path of the sun at the winter solstice in late December.

In December, it's not totally dark, either. December 18 (according to the charts) is actually the shortest 'day', with sunrise at 9:33 am and sunset at 1:46 pm. That's 4 hours and 13 minutes of possible sunlight.

At the time of the vernal and autumnal equinox, the Delta area has about the same situation as much of the rest of the country. On March 21, sunrise is at 5:41 am and sunset is at 6:01 pm; on September 21, sunrise is at 5:23 am and sunset at 5:48 pm.

The picture on the right was taken around one in the morning on Nistler road.  Even at that late hour it is somewhat light. 

Local residents tend to "play in the summer" and "sleep in the winter."  It's not uncommon during summer months to see people cutting their grass at 10:30 p.m. or visiting neighbors until late in the evening. 

Summer is construction season, of course, so Alaskans are hard at it from early until late at that time of the year.  It's possible to work outdoors even when it is fairly cold, but it just takes longer, so most like to finish their outdoor work before the snows arrive in September and October.

In the winter months, the pace of outdoor activity slows, but even then, some people are up and about before the belated dawn to take advantage of the limited daylight. 

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