Yes.
I found interest in this little girl in the middle;
"She was born in Bowdoin Bay, an-arm of lnglefield Gulf, in September. Her weight and size remained the same until the sun made his appearance and she was taken out daily in the open air in a dog sledge, when she commenced to grow rapidly and the blush of health and vigor appeared in her face. "
-and remembered when we went to a Greek island for a month when my eldest son was 12 years of age. After one month in the sun the growth started; the next months he stretched 3 inches.
This was right after Iodine supplementation, so it may have influenced of course.