Amateur Radio Operators Remembered
Remembering amateur radio operators whose presence made another person’s life more beautiful — through friendship, kindness, and care.
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Aurora Borealis
In the Light of the Midnight Sun
An invitation to pause in the light of the Midnight Sun and consider the question: Is there a Light that never ends?
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Midnight Sun — June 5 to July 5
Watch the Midnight Sun along Alaska’s northern horizon, where what appears to be sunset quietly becomes sunrise.
Watch the Midnight Sun →
I Got Out of the Grave Free with the Mafia’s Help
A personal testimony with an unexpected title — another cairn along a journey through suffering, faith, and hope.
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ALSIB.net — A Story of International Cooperation in Alaska
Explore a story of international cooperation in Alaska, and consider what people can accomplish when they work together.
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Viewing the Midnight Sun
Updated:
The trip to view and photograph the Midnight Sun has been realized. Departed Fairbanks on July 1st at 9:00 PM, arriving at 11:00 PM at 3,800-foot elevation in the White Mountains, where the watershed flows north to the Yukon River and south to the Tanana River.
Timelapse recording began at 11:30 PM and ended at 3:00 AM as the sun began rising again on its great circular route around the northern sky. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for two visitors as they witnessed the lateral movement across the northern horizon of the Midnight Sun from one of Alaska’s remarkable high places.
If you’re interested in further information, please email: al7mi@pm.me
If you found this page through a small card, you may be wondering what it means.
It began with this photograph.
For nearly a month each summer, the Sun never fully disappears from the northern horizon as viewed from Eagle Summit.
Near the summer solstice of 1998, high atop Eagle Summit east of Fairbanks, Alaska, I photographed the Sun as it drifted along the northern horizon without ever fully setting. What first appears to be sunset quietly becomes sunrise.
Standing there at two o’clock in the morning, I am often reminded that the same Sun shining over Alaska is also shining on friends in Russia, Korea, Europe, and countless other places around the world.
For a few brief weeks each year, the boundary between ending and beginning grows thin.
Is there a Light that never ends?
The pages above are simply a few places where that question has led me.
I do not claim to have all the answers.
I am simply sharing a few cairns along my own journey through Alaska, history, beauty, suffering, faith, and hope.
The Midnight Sun has taught me that what appears to be an ending may sometimes be the beginning of something new. It has also reminded me that every day is a gift, wrapped in the beauty of space and time, and that purpose is far more precious than merely having more time.
If any of these stories cause you to pause, wonder, and ask deeper questions, then the little card has already served its purpose.