Winter’s Yukon Feels Like a Cool Secret

Winter’s Yukon Feels Like a Cool Secret

From my first greeting in the territory’s capital of Whitehorse – airport signage reading, “We welcome the world to our home, our land, our Yukon, our people” – to the final farewell, this top-of-Canada destination is a universal surprise. Located a two-plus hour flight from Vancouver, due north toward the Arctic, my draw to the … Continued

Zipkick Bloggers: Paula McInerney

      Zipkick Bloggers: Paula McInerney Where was the first place that you traveled that made you think WOW—travel is amazing (think history book come to life or …..) I traveled to Samoa because I had read a lot of Somerset Maugham and this is the place that I had set my heart on. The rest is history. … Continued

Norway: Luck, the Aurora and Me

Luck, the Aurora and Me: An Experience of the Northern Lights Embarking on the ferry from Copenhagen that took me overnight to Norway ignited that sickeningly sweet adrenaline rush of anticipation that comes only when something you have looked forward to for so long suddenly becomes real. I mean, Norway?! The Northern Lights can be … Continued

Sky Symphony in Fairbanks, Alaska

I was standing on a snow-crusted field outside of Fairbanks, Alaska staring at the dancing shimmer of lights, the Aurora Borealis, in the nighttime sky. The lights spoke directly to me. They moved, surrounded, caressed, freed me from my body, then invited me to join their cosmic ballet. I was overwhelmed. Tears of joy iced … Continued

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Iceland: Chasing the Northern Lights

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Janet Myers from The United Kingdom. Thanks for your entry Janet! Chasing the northern lights – With a thirty or something year old son By now we had come to the conclusion that the northern lights are by no means a … Continued

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