18 hours of daylight

One of the advantages of living in the northernmost provincial capital of Canada: I can read outside on my balcony at 10 p.m. two days after summer solstice. The natural light is still that good. Of course, the converse is that it gets dark at 4 p.m. for winter solstice (Dec. 21), right when everyone's writing term papers and study for finals. What gets me through the winters? Thinking about the summers.