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courtesy of A. Kaufman
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courtesy of A. Kaufman
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courtesy of A. Kaufman
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courtesy of A. Kaufman
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courtesy of Dennis Mammana
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courtesy of Brad Josephs
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courtesy of Brad Josephs
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This year, travel with The Planetary Society as we explore:
ALASKA
AURORA BOREALIS
Come
see the Greatest Light Show on Earth!
March 15-21, 2018
March
10-16, 2011 Group
Dear Friends:
We invite you to join us as
we explore the great beauty
of Alaska in winter, and see
the famed Aurora Borealis or
Northern Lights, the greatest
light show on Earth!
We will gather in
Anchorage, Alaska, to
begin our adventure. After
our welcome in Anchorage,
we’ll drive along the Chugach
Mountains to Seward, near
Kenai Fjords National Park.
Here we will visit the Alaska
Sea Life Center to see
sea otters, seabirds, and a
profusion of Alaska marine
life. We will see Alaska’s
major land mammals including
grizzlies, moose, and muskox.
The following day we will explore historic
Talkeetna and then take the classic train journey
from Talkeetna to Fairbanks, passing North
America’s tallest and most awesome
mountain,
20,320-foot Denali en route.
We will arrive in Fairbanks to enjoy the annual
winter World of Ice Art Festival and learn
about the Aurora Borealis at a scientific institute
as we discover the delights of Fairbanks and the
night skies.
Our visits will include the Geophysical
Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks,
which was established to study the Aurora and
its effects. These studies have continued
from
the International Geophysical Year in 1957-58
and are conducted in both polar areas. They
have added greatly to understanding
the unique
interactions between the Sun and Earth in the
polar regions.
In Fairbanks we will go to two of the best
locations in the evening to look at the Aurora Borealis: Mt. Aurora and Creamer’s Field. In
these remote locations, we will enjoy hospitality
in rustic lodges while viewing the Aurora.
You will have afternoons to discover other
delights of this snowy wonderland. We’ll see sled
dogs and the local Curling Club will demonstrate
this popular winter sport. We’ll also visit the Poker
Flat Research Range which launches rockets to
study the Aurora Borealis.
Leading this expedition will be a popular
Betchart
naturalist Bob Nansen, who has led numerous Eclipse,
Antarctica, and Aurora expeditions for Planetary Society
over the last 18 years.
We invite travelers with an appetite for
adventure and discovery to explore the day
and night winter wonderland
of our 49th state
this winter!
Sincerely,
The Science Guy®
CEO
$2,995
+ air.
Brochure (Requires an Adobe pdf reader to view)
From
one of our travelers:
Dear
Bob:
Thank you for leading the wonderful Alaska Aurora
Borealis trip. It was my first time travel to
Alaska in winter. I enjoyed everything we did
and best of all that we saw the Aurora.
My photography skill is at pre-school level. Many
thanks to Denis for his instructions by helping
me utilize my camera. So I tried to shoot some
Aurora photos during our trip. I do not have a
wide angle lens, so I could only captur partial
images of the Aurora we saw in the night sky.
To
share the Alaska photos with my family, I made
two short videos and uploaded them on YouTube.
If you are interested and have time, please use
the following URLs to view them:
ALASKA AURORA BOREALIS
(Anchorage to Fairbanks) March 2009
Part
1 & Part
2
With Best Regards,
Sujen Sun |
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