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I would recommend going to Yellowknife in Canada instead. If you stay there 3 nights, you have a 95% chance of seeing it. Plus it’s closer to the magnetic north

I would recommend going to Yellowknife in Canada instead. If you stay there 3 nights, you have a 95% chance of seeing it. Plus it’s closer to the magnetic north, so the lights always pass over regardless of intensity.

Isn0gud 8y ago
Can you sit in a natural hot spring while doing so, though?
- kaybe 8y ago
  If it's cold that's not so good because there will be so much steam. (Another thing, you have to undress, sit in there and get dry and dressed again in the cold.. brr which is why I decided against it when faced with the decision. But then there was nothing but our car, a toilet hut, the hot springs, sea and mountains, and the sky (north of Iceland, that one). If you have a warm house, maybe the cold is less off-putting.)
aaronm14 8y ago
I'd be curious to hear more about this. Is there a certain time of year, is there a certain area you need to stay, what time of night, etc. Feel free to shoot me a link if there is already a good resource explaining some of this The Northern Lights have been on my bucket list as well for quite some time but have always let the seemingly random chance of actually seeing them dissuade me from really planning something.
- kaybe 8y ago
  https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast For more, https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+see+aurora https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+see+aurora
- eyjafjallajokul 8y ago
  I wasn’t able to find a single place that had all of this documented, but here’s what I know. * January to March is the best time of the year because the weather is dry and cloudless. * Pick dates where the moon either sets before it gets dark, or when it’s new moon. * Book viewing tours at multiple places. Aurora Village is amazing as it’s on a frozen lake and there’s heated teepees for you to shake the cold off. There are other tours as well which will take you around so you get the opportunity to photograph the Aurora in various backdrops. Best bet is to probably just DuckDuckGo it. * Rent cold weather clothes at Yellowknife. -40 C/F is typical daytime and nighttime temp during the winter.
leetbulb 8y ago
I'm intrigued. Anything else interesting to do in the area during downtime?

Isn0gud 8y ago

Can you sit in a natural hot spring while doing so, though?

kaybe 8y ago
If it's cold that's not so good because there will be so much steam. (Another thing, you have to undress, sit in there and get dry and dressed again in the cold.. brr which is why I decided against it when faced with the decision. But then there was nothing but our car, a toilet hut, the hot springs, sea and mountains, and the sky (north of Iceland, that one). If you have a warm house, maybe the cold is less off-putting.)

aaronm14 8y ago

I'd be curious to hear more about this. Is there a certain time of year, is there a certain area you need to stay, what time of night, etc. Feel free to shoot me a link if there is already a good resource explaining some of this The Northern Lights have been on my bucket list as well for quite some time but have always let the seemingly random chance of actually seeing them dissuade me from really planning something.

kaybe 8y ago
https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast For more, https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+see+aurora https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+see+aurora
eyjafjallajokul 8y ago
I wasn’t able to find a single place that had all of this documented, but here’s what I know. * January to March is the best time of the year because the weather is dry and cloudless. * Pick dates where the moon either sets before it gets dark, or when it’s new moon. * Book viewing tours at multiple places. Aurora Village is amazing as it’s on a frozen lake and there’s heated teepees for you to shake the cold off. There are other tours as well which will take you around so you get the opportunity to photograph the Aurora in various backdrops. Best bet is to probably just DuckDuckGo it. * Rent cold weather clothes at Yellowknife. -40 C/F is typical daytime and nighttime temp during the winter.

leetbulb 8y ago

I'm intrigued. Anything else interesting to do in the area during downtime?