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2011 - the year to ski the Northern Lights?
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This article about things to enjoy in the Finnish ski resort of Yllas in Lapland ...
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by Jenny McBain in the Glasgow Herald
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... includes the following, for anyone seeking to chance their luck on seeing the
aurora borealis
(she doesn't, on this trip) ...
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... 2011 is marked out as a year when there will be a lot of solar activity, so those whose wish-list includes a glimpse of the northern lights should keep that in mind. Sami legend has it they are actually caused by the flight of a mythical fire fox.
Sounds like a plan! Can anyone 'shed any further light' on this?
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I been lucky enough to see a glimpse of them a couple of times flying back to London from Calgary. I always try sit on the left (or is it port on a plane?) side so I can see them. They really are an amazing sight.
This site may be of interest...
http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/
Keep watching the skies!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
I saw the them when I went to Yllas about 8 years ago - worth standing outside in -40 in the dead of night!
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I'm hoping to get some good views of them when I go skiing just north of Tromso next month
. (So no doubt it'll be solid cloud all week
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Just be aware that the Sun is at an activity minimum which reduces the chances of a good show
See
www.spaceweather.com
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2011 is marked out as a year when there will be a lot of solar activity
I'd like to know the basis on which that was predicted. The solar wind on which auroras depend is at very low levels compared to recent decades. As I understand it (which is not much) predicting the solar wind is pretty hit-and-miss.
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I saw them when i was in Grizedale forest in the Lake District in November 2003
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. (So no doubt it'll be solid cloud all week 
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