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Originally Posted by Exer
Having been here about 12 years now, I'd speculate that the extra hours of darkness we have in winter might contribute to the data as well. With 19 hours of dark there are only so many things you can actually do. Most of our extra time is spent indoors, so reading is high on the list of pastimes for a lot of us.
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A bit off-topic, but something I sometimes find weird to realize, is that Alaska isn't actually laying that far north. At least, not compared to Europe. New York, for example, is on about the same latitude of Madrid, which most people here think is rather in the south.
But Alaska is on the other side of the US, and got mostly a cold climate, which Europe doesn't have, mostly thanks to the warm Gulfstream in the Atlantic. And I think that's also why electronic stuff might be more handy than having to go out in the dark (which we also have) but also in the icy colds (which we usually don't have).
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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
I'd love to see the figures for Siberia - seeing as it's at least as cold, if not colder, more isolated, has even less to do, and probably beats Alaska for alchohol consumption per head ! Oh, and nicotine addiction..............
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I bet the majority of people of Siberia aren't as advanced as the people of alaska, technology wise