Fellow Shadow Watchers,
Next week I will be setting off for Longyearbyen on
Spitsbergen in the Svalbard group of islands 500 miles north of Tromso to
install their new 24 hour stainless steel sundial. As any diallist is
painfully aware the most probable event for dial installation is an obscured
sun all day so for the purposes of the inauguration ceremony and photoshoot we
may be forced to do the diallistically unspeakable viz. a temporary magnetic
alignment so that at least it looks OK -ish.
Having consulted various geomagnetic websites for that area, like Omar Khayyam,
I "Came out by the same Door as in I went" because the magnetic map at 78° 12'
North 15° 40' is exceedingly complex.
Can anyone tell me the likely current magnetic variation at those coordinates
please?
Thanks in anticipation.
Tony Moss
P.S. I bought my snow boots yesterday and overnight we had a full six inches
of white stuff in which to try them out so I hope the same Good Luck continues.
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