Northern Lights Pods Alaska
Alaska northern lights one of the best places in the world to see aurora borealis.
Northern lights pods alaska. Electricity runs through the light fixture to excite the neon gas inside and when the neon is excited it gives off a brilliant light. Alaska northern lights tours twitter email print. The ceiling wraps around you outside and inside blend together enveloped in the beauty of alaska. The dancing lights of the aurora are seen around the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres because the electrons from the sun travel along magnetic field lines in the earth s magnetosphere.
By maureen jones community contributor sep 28 2020 9 00 a m pt. Alaska northern lights. Winter is the best time of year to visit alaska and see the northern lights. While there are no guarantees that the northern lights show will.
Each year the fur rendezvous festival and iditarod race offer. Try also their aurora camp and northern lights search by snowmobile. The most reliable chances to see alaska s northern lights also known as the aurora borealis are in fairbanks and above the arctic circle the aurora belt in alaska s great interior and arctic regions is among the most active in the world and there are few other places on earth so suited for an aurora borealis vacation. From november through march you can expect snow and cold dark winter nights that get longer approaching the winter solstice on december 21st.
Work with a local itinerary. Private snowcoach expeditionaboard our custom snowcoach drive atop a frozen river deep into the north woods and snowshoe in search of moose fox and arctic hare. While the longest nights occur around the solstice february is an ideal time to visit alaska in the winter. Just as brown bears loom unpredictably during a photo safari into denali or killer whale pods might not surface during the first hours of a cruise the aurora can be elusive and must be pursued.
Wilderness hotel nellim s aurora bubbles are terrific little heated pods for viewing the northern lights. Log cabin wilderness lodge alaska. The pods have a double bed and eco toilet for staying overnight. The transparent ceilinged borealis basecamp igloos rest on a north facing ridge crest at an altitude of about 1 200 ft beckoning you.
Rugged landscapes aurora borealis overhead first class accommodations personalized and heartfelt alaskan service. The village of nellim by lake inari in northern lapland lies amidst the most beautiful lappish scenery. An alaska cruise with cunard on the queen elizabeth is one of the best ways to see the northern lights especially in august or september. Northern lights cruise alaska.