I have a friend I call an Inuit Elder.

She is a wonderful mind and 1st person perspective on all things Arctic to me....

I will share an exchange:

Iqaluit is below the arctic circle if you look it up in the map, but the other higher communities above the arctic circle especially high arctic region is dark day and night that starts mid October to this time of year except when there is full moon, people hunt when they are able to see in full moon. People in high arctic say when the moon is full, they call it their "sun" because that is the only time they are able to see farther and able to spot animals. When there is no moon it is very dark up there. The full moon also seem brighter in the high arctic, it has the brightness that one can see long distance out on the land, it feels one giant light in the sky where everywhere you see the land and sky has that beautiful blue effect under clear night skies probably because of the snow covering all the land and sea ice and because there are no trees...it is breathtakingly beautiful, where stars and constelations, northern lights and the milkyway are stunningly and beautifully visible. Here in Iqaluit the sun rises every day but not as high at this time of year and gets dark pretty fast by 3pm but now the sun is getting higher and brighter again. We have had very clear skies since before Christmas and the stars seem so bright at night and the winds have been calm as well during the night but it is cold out there:)

Eyes on.

Sarah