Way north for New Years?
 

So, with two weeks off between Christmas and New Years, and nothing planned other than Christmas dinner, I suddenly got it in my head that I should go north and see the Northern Lights.

Poking around the internet, I find that nobody is running tours this time of year. Would it be completely mad to head up to Nunavut, NWT or Yukon this time of year? I know it'll be cold, but would I be able to at least find some stuff to do, specifically see the northern lights, dog sledding, snowmobilng and snow shoeing, or will it just be too dark and cold to reasonably expect to do any of those things?

Greg

There is no daylight at this time of year that far north so outdoor adventures are limited. You can go to North Bay and do what you have in mind.

Today in Whitehorse, Yukon:

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/..._metric_e.html

Sunrise 10:04 Sunset 15:47

Here's a whitehorse webcam. At 1245 it's showing plenty of daylight:

http://www.whtvcable.com/webcam/streetcam.htm

Sorry for my imprecision - I was tailoring my remarks to the question. I've been at that longitude at this time of year. The sun just makes it above the horizon and the interval is short. The point for the OP is that for outdoor snow activities this is very limiting and there are places that can make it easier with more light and less travel.

I live in Whitehorse Yukon and today Dec 22 it was light by 9:30 am and Dark at around 4:30 pm. Just think tomorrow the days start getting longer.

Sunrise/Sunset
 

Dec 23: Environment Canada Whitehorse Sunrise 10:10 Sunset 15:48
Iqaluit: Sunrise 9:23 Sunset 13:43
Yellowknife: Sunrise 10:08 Sunset 15:05
North Bay: Sunrise 7:59 Sunset 16:35