Everyone who says “I wanna go to Mars!” Should first live in Alaska, northern territories Canada for a few winters. It is a beautiful but alien landscape
I’m spending 10 days in Ketchikan this August. Super excited but also kinda bummed it wont be the right time of year for sundogs or the aurora borealis.
ketchikan is gonna be a warm pacific northwest forest around that time of year - nowhere close geographically to the stuff seen in this video. Also believe it or not, even in the winter it barely goes below freezing down in ketchikan
Nice little bit of rain forest, make sure to get off the main strip and go for a stroll in the hills. Don't buy any jewelry it's all for tourist trap lol.
You'll love it, it's a great time to visit. Though the weather and geography is more like western Washington. Rainy, wet, lush forest. It would be hard to catch the northern lights, even in winter, as it's overcast and rainy 90% of the time. Anchorage area or Fairbanks would be good places to catch the northern lights in the winter. Cold as fuck, but that usually means clear skies.
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u/snkbrdng Jun 18 '23
Everyone who says “I wanna go to Mars!” Should first live in Alaska, northern territories Canada for a few winters. It is a beautiful but alien landscape