Going to Yellowknife (NW Territories, Canada)

[Edge17]

Certainly will be cold. Last year I was trying to see the Northern Lights in northern Sweden, but the sky never cleared. I'm going to try again, but this time in Yellowknife. I'll be there for a few days.

The Lights are obviously a night thing, so any suggestions for what to do during the day? This will be around Feb 20 or so.

 

[chusteczka]

Yellowknife

Google search

I know nothing of Yellowknife and needed to look it up. It is awesome that you are going up there. That would be something I would enjoy greatly and remember for a long time.

 

[Edge17]

I'm a pretty restless guy, way more to see than seeable in a lifetime, but I might as well try. This is what I did last year,
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms...175.788391,360&t=h&z=1

It was pretty rushed, 3 days here, 5 days there. The whole thing was more exhausting than anything else, but I did get to see a lot of stuff which I wasn't sure was going to be as cool as wikipedia made it sound. Turned out most stuff was. The trip left me broke, but good things cost 🙂

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I went there when I was in high school. I was in the Arctic Winter Games. Yellowknife is... remote.

 

[IronWing]

Be sure to pick up an Arctic Heat calendar.

 

[Edge17]

Arctic Heat calendar? care to enlighten?

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Be sure to pick up an Arctic Heat calendar.

They have those in Whale Cove too! 😉

I'd love to see (Whale Cove) but frankly ice scares the hell out of me!

 

[Iron Woode]

I remember watching the northern Lights here in London Ontario a couple years ago. The sky was this weird greenish colour; it looked so cool.

There was an epic OT thread on it because it could be seen as far south as Kentucky.

 

[Scouzer]

I'm afraid I'll disappoint you but... this is the weakest year for Northern Lights I've ever seen. I'm not as far north as Yellowknife (though closer than I'd like...) and I haven't seen ANY this year. Keep in mind I'm also a weather observer so I'm always looking at the sky 😛

 

[Edge17]

Got back from Yellowknife on Monday. Sunday night was pretty cool,
http://tinyurl.com/dacczr

Damn cold though!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Nice, never been there. People think I'm way up north, well THAT's north. 😛

 

[zinfamous]

careful. don't drive too fast on the ice.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
careful. don't drive too fast on the ice.

He's already back, dude.

😉

 

[n7]

Beautiful photos.

What an experience.

I've seen Aurora Borealis a number of times before, but only really faintly.

That's just amazing 😀

 

[Edge17]

Yea, it was something else. There's not a lot I can compare it to in my life. We camped out on the ice road to Dettah from 10-3am. Lights appeared around midnight. It was -33 that night, never been so cold in my life. Apparently some of the planes won't take off if it's -40C. Fortunately the next morning it was just -35.