Why the name?

I was enamored with Alaska as soon as I came here (although I admit that I didn't really even know much about AK until I got the chance to come). For a year I lived above the Arctic Circle in a tiny Athabaskan village, so it seemed fitting for my email address to be arcticgirl.

Phil does NOT like the cold. Luckily, the beauty and quiet pace of Alaska (our town in particular) is dramatic and magnificent enough to make up for the snow and ice and freezing wind. When I met Phil I discovered that his email address is coldwhiteguy.

Coldwhiteguy and arcticgirl go well together.