Alaska - Winter weekend getaway for crazy people? Juneau, Ketchikan suggestions?

I am interested in using my $50 companion ticket on AS to go somewhere over President's Day weekend. I've never been to Alaska before but would like to go to some obscure places in the spring and/or fall but wanted to know if anyone has any recommendations or comments about either Juneau or Ketchikan in mid-February..?:cool: where it will be cool.
This would be a quick trip, but we'd like to see some sights, and the Mendenhall glacier looks like a great excursion outside of Juneau?

I am also concerned about hours of daylight - I know it will be cold if it is not totally snowed in, but wanted to get suggestions and comments from other FTers about the possibility of such a trip.

Also if anyone has hotel recommendations for these two cities that would be great.

Probably would just be spending Saturday and Sunday of that weekend up there as we'd have to leave Oakland after work Friday on the 7:00PM flight up to Seattle and overnight there.

Just wanted to see what anyone has to say. he he (know I am crazy for considering this.. but at least I am able to laugh at myself..)

You might consider Fairbanks. I understand Fairbanks is a good place to catch the Aurora Borealis.

Also, to relive the Northern Exposure experience, consider going to Talkeetna. The best Talkeetna hotel is Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge. Alas, they may not be open that time of the year.

Fairbanks has a growing winter tourism segment, and there is a far greater chance of seeing the northern lights from there on any given night (rumor's about 50% instead of ~20% or less from Anchorage and nearly zero from Juneau, but those numbers could be way off), but it's &#@%*!) cold there (on the order of -30 to -60).

Anchorage is more civilized but less exotic, though decent skiing is just south of the city at Alyeska. Juneau is more artsy and Pacific Northwesty and much warmer (snow may even be melted and temps may be in the 20s to 40s, depending on how strange the climate is acting this year).

Daylight is a factor of the latitude. Not too short in JNU, somewhat short in ANC at 60 degrees latitude (around that time of year, probably 6 hours? Details at http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov), and shorter still in FAI at 65 degrees latitude.

Check out this recent thread (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=763707) for some more ideas on winter travel to Alaska.