The dark winter isn't what people make it out to be - nor is the all daylight summer. Most is usually up to 20hrs of daylight - or darkness. I think of the darkness as, it is dark when I go to work and damn near dark on my way home in the winter here now. So, other than the weekend, it wouldn't be much different - for me. You have to go to the top of the state, like Prudhoe Bay (just an example) to have 3 months of solid dark and solid light.