A little Latitude goes a long way

As a former 'southlander', I used to think that I understood what the Winter solstice was all about and thought that, while Stonehenge was cool, weren't the Druids going just a bit nutty over the whole sun thing? :) Unless you've lived above 60° latitude in the Northern Hemisphere, the depths of Winter darkness and the glory of Summertime sunshine aren't nearly as dramatically different. I completely understand now why pagans sacrificed anything that was available and prayed to a goat in order to hasten the return of the glowing orb on the horizon. A few degrees of latitude make a big difference. Small wonder that people in the Caribbean didn't make henges as they were too busy drinking fine rum and enjoying 11 or more hours of sunshine every day of the year. So, before the folks who get a luxurious 10 hours of sunshine on the shortest day of the year go dancing around a fire and whatnot, come spend a winter up here where the solstice really means something. Bring your boots though as it has been snowing for nearly 2 days now. :)

Also, I might note that the Astro::Sunrise module sees the Arctic darkness above the circle as an error which I may have to report as a bug since I guess it would also think that the sun never setting in the Summertime as an error too. It happens every year, twice a year and for several months :)

Muonio, Finland
Temp: -36C/-33F
Conditions: Clear
Humidity: 79%
Long: 23.6667, Lat: 67.9667
Sunrise: 12:24  Sunset: 12:24
Length of day: 0.00 hours  Sun never rises!!
-------------------------------------
Rovaniemi, Finland
Temp: -23C/-9F
Conditions: Clear
Humidity: 77%
Long: 25.6667, Lat: 66.4833
Sunrise: 11:08  Sunset: 13:23
Length of day: 2.25 hours
-------------------------------------
Helsinki, Finland
Temp: -8C/18F
Conditions: Moderate Snow
Humidity: 91%
Long: 25.000, Lat: 60.133
Sunrise: 09:24  Sunset: 15:13
Length of day: 5.82 hours
-------------------------------------
London, United Kingdom
Temp: 1C/34F
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Humidity: 75%
Long: -0.1667, Lat: 51.5000
Sunrise: 08:04  Sunset: 15:54
Length of day: 7.83 hours
-------------------------------------
Central Park, New York
Temp: 3C/37F
Conditions: Clear
Humidity: 48%
Long: -74.0000, Lat: 40.7000
Sunrise: 07:17  Sunset: 16:32
Length of day: 9.25 hours
-------------------------------------
St. Louis, Missouri
Temp: 10C/50F
Conditions: Overcast
Humidity: 62%
Long: -90.1833, Lat: 38.6167
Sunrise: 07:15  Sunset: 16:43
Length of day: 9.47 hours
-------------------------------------
Miami, Florida
Temp: 14C/57F
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 88%
Long: -80.1833, Lat: 25.7667
Sunrise: 07:03  Sunset: 17:35
Length of day: 10.53 hours
-------------------------------------
St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Temp: 23C/73F
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Humidity: 94%
Long: -64.7333, Lat: 17.7667
Sunrise: 06:46  Sunset: 17:49
Length of day: 11.05 hours