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#02 ÅF Lighting
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“Live hard, die old, leave a beautiful corpse.” Kai Piippo What: Experience the extremes of arctic light. Where: The small Swedish village of Abisko, 200km north of the Arctic circle, has become a hotspot for experiencing natural light phenomena like the polar day (midnight sun), the polar night and the northern lights of World Records. How: Between the end of May and mid-July, the sun never sets - a phenomenon called the polar day. In December, on the other hand, the sun stays under the horizon for three consecutive weeks with only two gloomy hours of light during the day. This is called the polar night. Why: In Abisko, everything is pushed to the extreme. In summer, you get so much energy from the sunlight that every cell in your body tells you to stay awake. You tend to sleep no more than four hours a day. In winter, it’s the opposite. With no daylight, your body needs at least ten hours of sleep. To personally experience how incredibly dependent on light our bodies are to function properly is life changing and really brings home the true importance of light.
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