Karl,
I live at 63deg north, on the north side of a mountain. We dont even see the sun for two months during winter unless we go around the montain between 1000-1400 hours. I guess Gato in Finland is much the same since he possibly lives even closer to the polar circle? Neither he or I watch much TV. There is just so much interesting and fun stuff to do that there is no time for the TV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_circleFlumpmaster,
"idiots lantern".. Nice term.
