You must be well north of Fairbanks and clear of any ambient ligting to get the Clear Picture. At least 15 miles outside of Barrow will give you the best visuals.
The Northern Lights are kind of lights made by Earths magnetic field. They appear at the North pole and South pole.
Alaska. The Geophysical Institue of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks even have an Aurora Forecaster page on their website. Please see the related link.
Canada is the best place to view it
the best place to see auroras is either Canada or northern Alaska and Greenland
The best time for Northern Lights is on a cold, clear night. Go out to the bluff at the airport - or if you are willing to get out of your car and brave the cold for a bit, go up to the Flat Top parking lot!
The best place to find information on how to see the Northern lights are on the ehow site. They show when the best time to see it is and gives a explanation on how it forms.
The Shetland Isles, or Shetland as it is know there, is a great place to see the Northern Lights, especially on clear frosty nights. Even better might be the northern ends of Norway or Finland.
Go as far north as you can get and get as far away from any city lights.Yes and they are a sight to behold.
The Northern Lights occur year round but are only visible when nights are dark. In the locations in which they are best seen, Alaska, Canada, Norway and Finland, they are usually seen from September through April when the nights are long and dark.
The best time to see the northern lights is on a cold night.
Its basically an opinion... I think it juneau is a great place
Sometimes. However, the best places to see the Aurora Borealis (the "northern lights") is in Finland and northern Scandinavia. Northern Canada is good, too, but fewer people live that far north in Canada. The website spaceweather.com is one of the best sources for photos of and information about the northern lights.
Probably the best civilized place would be somewhere up in northern Alaska. You can probably book a flight and a hotel in any city up there.