Alaska Life and Adventures

May 10, 2012 Aurora Borealis The beautiful Aurora Borealis 'shows' during the long Alaskan nights are just about over for the winter season. Now Alaskan's are digging out the black-out curtains to darken bedrooms for the long sunny summer nights. The Aurora Borealis are a natural phenomonen that appears every winter here in Alaska that everyone who lives here look forward too. This year we had some exceptional displays of lights spreading across the skies. Aurora Near Small Creek...Read Full Story

April 25, 2011 Arcticulates ® Focusing on Alaska's Beauty Author: K. Fields Beautiful Night Lights There is something about seeing the natural phenomenon called Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis, in dark skies, (I call them Night Lights) that warms even the coldest of hearts. People who would normally avoid going outside in the freezing minus temps, will dress up in their winter gear just to go outside and look at the natural display of lights wavering across the dark skies. Even tho...Read Full Story

April 25, 2011 Arcticulates ® Focusing on Alaska's Beauty Author: K. Fields Beautiful Night Lights There is something about seeing the natural phenomenon called Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis, in dark skies, (I call them Night Lights) that warms even the coldest of hearts. People who would normally avoid going outside in the freezing minus temps, will dress up in their winter gear just to go outside and look at the natural display of lights wavering across the dark skies. Even tho...Read Full Story

November 11, 2008 ~~ Northern "Aurora Borealis" Lights ~~ One of the things that I find fascinatingly beautiful in Alaska's winter darkness is the awesome display of the Northern Lights! They are officially called Aurora Borealis , which means luminous arches or streams of  lights. Every time they show up they are admired by all, even the "sourdoughs" (long time Alaskans) of the land. They usually start by just a small streak of pale light in the dark sky that may sometimes resemble a...Read Full Story

December 5, 2008 ~~ Car... Moose... Calamity... ~~ Seems strange that I am writing about this now after several posts about the dangers of driving at night in Alaska with very large wildlife like Moose, Buffalo, Caribou, and Bear on the roads at any given time. Last night my hubby and dad were on their way home from Anchorage, they were about 90 miles away from home, when they came around a blind curve and there were two moose in the road.  My hubby who was driving at the time thinks he...Read Full Story