Northern Lights Alaska May 2018
The northern alaska tour company runs round trip van tours 60 miles north of fairbanks to the town of joy for an increased chance of seeing the northern lights.
Northern lights alaska may 2018. Fairbanks is alaska s second largest city and a hub for winter activity. Combine that with a higher chance of clear skies in alaska during spring and march at an inland location is the best time and place to maximize your chances of seeing the northern lights from alaska. This means midnight universal time is 4 p m. The celestial show typically comes in a swirling array of green while the most intense aurora gets a purple edge.
This aurora viewing program is great for visitors with limited time and works. Polar lights appear in the skies when charged solar particles interact with the atmosphere. During the summer months of may june and july it is just too bright to see them in the far northland. This 3 night northern lights viewing package includes two opportunities for aurora viewing and a guided tour of fairbanks main attractions.
Response from ben b owner at alaska northern lights tour responded nov 29 2018 i am sorry you had a terrible experience during your alaska trip however my company did not have any aurora tours september 3 4 5 or 6 2018. Northern lights in fairbanks. The aurora forecast is in universal time utc which is eight hours ahead of alaska time. Aurora borealis season in northern polar latitudes alaska northern canada greenland iceland norway sweden finland and siberia runs from august thru april.
Auroras may occur even more often in and beyond the brooks range bettles coldfoot wiseman. Alaska northern lights tours twitter email print. The northern lights or aurora borealis is one of the most amazing things to do in alaska. Directed by jonathan wright.
Zoey hathaway williams has been working towards her lifelong goal of being a pilot for years but everything is thrown off course when she unexpectedly inherits a reindeer farm along with the dangerously handsome ranch hand alec wynn sevier. There are many different ways you can hunt for the aurora. It s no surprise that with fairbanks location it is frequently referred to as the best place to see the northern lights in alaska the united states and in many cases across the globe. If you want to know alaska s night forecast from midnight to sunrise when the aurora is often more active you should look at the next day s forecast.