The Amazing Aurora Borealis

This past week the temperature has warmed up (-20C) and with this the skies are clearer at night as there isn't any snow falling. We have been treated to an amazing light show, right from our front porch! It makes me laugh to think about all the times I jumped into the car and drove into the fields north of Calgary whenever the aurora report indicated they could be seen that far south.

I had become a bit discouraged after the first few months in Cambridge Bay without seeing any northern lights, but it seems as though it was just the extreme cold that had ice crystals in the air or blowing snow that prevented the lights from being seen.

It is typically when we are out walking Tetue at night that we see the lights and the intensity of the lights fade in and out for hours. With the warmer weather we can just stand outside on our porch and watch the lights as they amazingly create patterns in the sky. It is really hard to explain what it is like to view the lights as they really are magical. We tried to capture some photos of the lights and their incredible beauty.