"It was an incredible experience, living two months entirely in the dark. It wasn't disturbing -- in fact, it's harder to live with the light." Yes, that 24/7 sunlight. From mid-May to mid-July, Kongsfjord is bathed in the midnight sun. "There's no sunset for two months, and the body doesn't accept that it's nighttime when the sun is out, so it's harder to sleep," she says. "But other than that, it's not annoying; in fact, it's a beautiful way of life." In fact, she says the extreme weather taught her something extremely important. "When I went to hot countries, you take energy from outside, from others, from the climate, the atmosphere. You're interacting with other people, and there's the sun. "When you find yourself in a place like this, completely isolated, what you learn to do is to find energy in yourself. And it's an amazing discovery -- especially when there's no light for two months and you need to wake yourself up."