LA AURORA BOREAL

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Una de las cosas que ni se nos habían pasado por la cabeza el venir al Territorio del Yukon es que al estar tan al norte, además del frío polar, tendríamos la posibilidad de ver “las luces del norte” o Aurora Boreal.

Desde España suena tan exótico que parece muy complicado llegar a un sitio adecuado para verlas. Imaginaos nuestra sorpresa al salir a la terraza en nuestra segunda noche aquí y ver las siluetas de los árboles recortadas en unas luces verdosas que no paraban de moverse como si fuesen cortinas de humo. Desde la terraza. No tenemos ni que ponernos las botas.

Casi todas las noches el cielo ha estado encapotado pero cuando no ha habido nubes hemos tenido auroras siempre. Qué bonito debe ser esto en pleno invierno, cuando, por lo que dicen, casi nunca hay nubes.

Enrique & Marina

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THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

To be honest, when the idea of going up to the Yukon first crossed our mind we basically pictured ourselves in the polar cold but we didn’t realised until later that its Northern location will also bring the possibility of viewing Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis. 

Coming from Spain, this sounds to us like something extremely exotic and getting to a place to see them feels like a mission, a really hard (and cold) adventure. Well, picture our faces when we saw them just outside from the balcony. It was only our second night in the Yukon when we could see the dark silhouettes of the threes cut out on a green background that moved randomly as bewitched smoke. And that was just from the balcony. We didn’t even have to put our shoes on. 

Most nights the sky is covered with clouds but when it was clear we nearly always had Auroras. It must be so pretty in the middle of the winter when there aren’t as many clouds as now. Shelley says the best time of the year is February, but you still have to plan a window of a few days if you want to visit and be safe. 

Enrique & Marina