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Saturngirl,
We took one of our Hurtigruten trips in winter in the hope of seeing the aurora and were lucky one night (and unlucky another as we gave up hoping and went to bed too soon).
But what is the real question you are asking?
The aurora happen throughout the year, it's just that you won't see them in summer because it's light all night.
In the end it's luck but the following seem to apply. Obviously you need a clear sky (ideally no moon and away from city lights) and the longer the night the better. Some say the best displays are seen around the Arctic Circle - further south/north may not be quite as good. Periods with high sun spot activity are best.
Michael
We took one of our Hurtigruten trips in winter in the hope of seeing the aurora and were lucky one night (and unlucky another as we gave up hoping and went to bed too soon).
But what is the real question you are asking?
The aurora happen throughout the year, it's just that you won't see them in summer because it's light all night.
In the end it's luck but the following seem to apply. Obviously you need a clear sky (ideally no moon and away from city lights) and the longer the night the better. Some say the best displays are seen around the Arctic Circle - further south/north may not be quite as good. Periods with high sun spot activity are best.
Michael
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We saw it while on a Hurtigruten ship off Northern Norway (between Honningsvaag and Kirkenes) on New Year's day night a couple of years ago. It was at about 6:15 pm and lasted for about 15 mins. The ship's captain announced on the intercom throughout the ship it was coming up.