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Best place to see northern lights 2018 alaska.
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Vivid travellers with enthralled enthusiasm cross several miles across the globe to see this awestruck astronomical phenomenon.
Just 150 miles south of the arctic circle the city of fairbanks is ideal for northern lights viewing with its latitude below the oval of the lights.
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Located about 20 minutes from town this building sits on 280 acres of private land and is designed to make aurora viewing as painless as possible.
Updated april 2020 best places to see the northern lights in alaska was originally written in january 2020 for many people seeing the northern lights is a major bucketlist item.
While the longest nights occur around the solstice february is an ideal time to visit alaska in the winter.
Located in the aurora oval which is where the lights are most frequently seen fairbanks has long been established as a popular albeit cold spot to see the light show.
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.
One of the best and most convenient places to see the aurora is aurora pointe newly opened in 2018 with the express purpose of giving people a venue for viewing the lights.
These options will include expert guides to maximize your chances and explain what you see.
Alaska is one giant playground for nature lovers and fairbanks the american state s second largest city is the place to go for the northern lights.
An aurora also referred to like northern lights or southern lights is a magnificent display of natural light from the cosmos.
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Each year the fur rendezvous festival and iditarod race offer.
They re elusive require usually expensive travel to far northern latitudes and southern too and difficult to predict.
Check out the city s great museums the ua museum of the north and antique auto museum.
This stunning lodge in alaska is one of the best places to see the northern lights video in alaska the coldest months offer a glimpse of nature at its most elemental and a chance to spot.
Or work with a local itinerary specialist to book a custom northern lights package.
From november through march you can expect snow and cold dark winter nights that get longer approaching the winter solstice on december 21st.
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