You think daylight saving time is rough? Cecilia Blomdahl lives on Svalbard, an island close to the North Pole, and she won’t see the sun rise until March. It’s her favorite time of year.
“My name is Cecilia and I live on Svalbard an island close to the North Pole,” she says at the start of each video, oftentimes in one breath. Recent posts have delved more into the quirks of living on the island, like rules against owning cats – too big a risk to the ecosystem – and a requirement that pregnant people fly to mainland Norway from the lone airport one month before their due date.
As the seasons shift, Blomdahl, who seems to be consistently chipper, celebrates the changes to her routine. When sunsets finally returned after the summer of round-the-clock brightness, she posted a video declaring September the start of “,” and cheered that it was dark enough outside to watch movies on her cabin’s screen projector. A month later, videos of her preparing for the start of the polar night, which began Oct. 27, drew millions of views.
Here, Blomdahl offers Rolling Stone her best tips for thriving during winter, which for many can feel like a polar night even if they still see the sun every day. She says more people should embrace the season. “I really think it is a matter of how you go into it,” she says. “There’s so much beauty in the darkness.”“Since we don’t have any natural light at all during the polar night, you would be surprised how dark a house gets.
“For mornings, wake-up lights are life-changing. It wakes you slowly with the [simulated] sunrise, and I definitely need that help. I’m a master sleeper. I always sleep at least nine hours, and I could knock out 12 If nobody woke me up. So for me, a wake-up light has been genius. We also installed Philips Hue [smart lights], so now we put the whole house on automation so in the morning everything is just gradually getting lighter. It’s so much easier to get out of bed if it’s already nicely lit.
“I make sure to do everything that I like, even more during this time of year, almost to fool myself. Maybe I will watch a Christmas movie in the morning. Really make sure to take control of your day and do all of those things that make you happy and try to have a good mindset going into it and see what changes.”“My biggest advice during winter: go outside. You can do everything that you can in summer. All you need is a headlamp and good layers.
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