Arctic destinations from Norway to Alaska still deliver strong northern lights past the solar peak

Anyone who assumed they had already missed their best shot at the northern lights this cycle was wrong. The sun crossed its most active point back in October 2024, but it has kept firing off major storms well after that peak instead of before it, exactly what forecasters had warned could happen. That is keeping the lights worth chasing this 2026-27 winter, from Norway’s Arctic Circle to Alaska’s interior. kA 4=2DDlQHA\3=@4<\A2C28C2A9QmpFC@C2 492D6CD 92G6 =62C?65 E@ H2E49 E96 >@?E9D 27E6C 2 D@=2C A62< ;FDE 2D 4=@D6=J 2D E96 A62< :ED6=7] p 4J4=6’D 6I24E A62< >@?E9 :D @?=J 4@?7:C>65 :? 9:?5D:89E[ @?46 2 DFDE2:?65 564=:?6 D9@HD FA :? E96 52E2[ 2?5 }~pp’D DA246 H62E96C =625 D2:5 2D >F49 H96? E96 ~4E@36C a_ac A62< H2D 7:CDE 2??@F?465] k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^62CE9D2I:>F>\4J4=6\ad\a_ac^Q C6=lQ?@7@==@HQmt=D2J65 %2=22Ek^2m[ 5:C64E@C @7 }~pp’D DA246 H62E96C @A6C2E:@?D[ D2:5 E96? E92E E96 2??@F?46>6?E 5:5 ?@E >62? 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