Status Updates From A Woman in the Polar Night

“The whole sky is deep lilac, lightening into a tender cobalt blue at the horizon, over the sea of ice. From the east a pale-yellow brightness spreads, and the frozen sea, reflecting the heavenly colours, shines like an immense opal.” - page 160.

“A deceptive calm lies over everything. A patch of dawn red floats in the pastel blue sky.” - page 157

“It is twelve o’clock midday when the sun rises. It rises half over the horizon, and then sets again and disappears. Only slowly and with a shudder do I grasp that this is the terrible moment when the sun has shone for us the last time this year.” - p. 86