ARCTIC BLOG: Total solar eclipse
20 March, 2015
Diary entry: Friday 20 March 2015
Time: 1200 hrs UTC
Position: 81° 44.23′ N / 19° 36.9′ E
Air Temperature: −27.4 °C
Wind Speed: 14 knots
Nature is displaying a magnificent and at the same time haunting spectacle: a total solar eclipse. I can understand now the belief of some ancient civilisations that the world was coming to an end!
![10.12AM: Start of the total solar eclipse captured from the Arctic (Markus Frey)](https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Eclipse_1012hrs-736x414.jpg)
![10.15 AM: Eerily dark during the total solar eclipse, captured in the Arctic (Markus Frey)](https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Eclipse_1015hrs1-736x414.jpg)
![10.16 AM: Complete darkness during the total solar eclipse, captured from the Crow's Nest on board RV Lance in the Arctic (Markus Frey)](https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Eclipse_1016hrs2-736x414.jpg)
![10.17 AM: The sun starts to return after complete darkness during solar eclipse in the Arctic (Markus Frey)](https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Eclipse_1017hrs-736x414.jpg)
![10.20AM: Return of the sun - relief, the world did not end! (Markus Frey)](https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Eclipse_1020hrs1-736x414.jpg)