north of 60 said:
I doubt it can be described as "sunny" if its to the north of polar circle, since the sun is always bellow the horizon during winter months. Really want to visit Alaska though, never been there.
New off grid house built around blaze king.
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I doubt it can be described as "sunny" if its to the north of polar circle, since the sun is always bellow the horizon during winter months. Really want to visit Alaska though, never been there.
Oh, by the way, I got a big kick out of the grouse picture. Do you have power available to this off grid home or are you way out in the boonies? I would hate to have my life depend on a xantrex inverter or even a genset. Very cool setup.
Your house looks great but (I'm sorry to say this) that is the biggest, ugliest dog I have ever seen.
petyanca said:
OK . North Pole Alaska is not the North Pole. Its 1700 miles away. Here is their weather. Its an 8 to 10 hour drive from me depending on the conditions. AND NO... this is without dog teams... ;-)
http://www.htl-weather.com/US/AK/north+pole.html
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north of 60 said:
You are right, this place doesn't get all the way dark, I didn't realize North Pole is a name of a town, I thought it was a figure of speech
)Highbeam said:
Since when does life depend on electricity? :cheese:
Looks like a great spread. The windmill will be awesome - not a fan of solar?
Great looking setup.
How deep are the footings? They don't look very deep.
Here in MA we have to go down 4 feet to get below the frost.
How deep are the footings? They don't look very deep.
Here in MA we have to go down 4 feet to get below the frost.
Life depends on water. If you need help due to an injury your communications devices depend on electricity. Being all alone, with a broken back, in a cabin at the north pole with -26 F weather and kids depending on you. You just need to be more prepared I guess. A couple of somewhat normal problems could become life threatening pretty quickly.
Highbeam said:
True - without electricity there is absolutely no way to stay hydrated.
(Not trying to be a jerk – just joking around…doesn’t come across great online)Can’t argue with the injury angle though (I didn’t see where he was located…now I see why a windmill is a better choice than solar) – always nice to keep a satellite phone and some spare batteries for it around. Every long backpacking trip or hunt I go on, as soon as I hit the furthest point from civilization, the thought “what if my appendix burst right now?” always finds a way to wriggle into my head for about ½ a second. Still, I’m not sure how power companies operate where you are – but for my money I’d take an off the grid source backed up by another off the grid source any day of the week. With the windmill and a generator on hand, I’d say you could feel every bit as safe and then some as if you had some wires running into the house.
Look at a map of Alaska. Find Fairbanks, its smack dab in the center. You can spit on North Pole from Fairbanks. Its basically on the same latitude as me. Minus 40F is quite common there in the winter, so is plus 80F in the summer.
Nice looking spread, by the way.
Nice looking spread, by the way.
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