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Video: The “Scientific” Beauty of the Northern Lights
There are many delightful and magical myths about the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. The Inuit of North America interpreted the lights as a ball game—with a walrus head serving as
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Under the Aurora in Churchill
When I first found out that I was going to make the trip to the subarctic tundra of Manitoba, Canada, I didn’t know what to think. I didn’t know what to expect. All I
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Dawn of the North: Of Auroras and Moons in Churchill
The northern lights have inspired wonder in the generations of people who have laid eyes upon them. The aurora borealis, named after Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn, and Boreas, the Greek god
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Video: the Aurora Borealis over Scotland
The northern lights—also known as the aurora borealis—have been around since the Earth formed an atmosphere more than four billion years ago. The dinosaurs saw them, early humans certainly gazed at them, you may
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FAQ: The Northern Lights
At some point in our lives, each of us has either heard stories about or seen images of dancing lights in the far north of our planet. Undoubtedly, this spectacle is beautiful, but what
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Traveler Story: Northern Lights & Arctic Cultures
“Incredible! A five-star tour! Probably one of our top three trips, so far. I really do not know if we got lucky, but we had incredibly cold and clear nights, every night! I have
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Pure Magic of the Northern Lights
Most of the time, when I am out in the field on Nat Hab nature trips, the focus is on wildlife. On our Northern Lights and Arctic Cultures tour, the focus was on the
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Green Glimmer of the Northern Lights
There are a variety of categories on one’s bucket list — things you know you will experience this year (“the low-hanging fruit”), things you might get to within the next five years (“sooner rather
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