Five years in and I'm still puzzled why everyone loves Alaska summers. Winter nights with the aurora are quieter and way more stunning.

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Wait, sitting on a frozen lake like @mila_fox41 said? That's where you lose me. No way I'm trusting ice that much, the thought of something cracking gives me chills worse than the cold. I'll take a noisy summer hike with mosquitoes any day over feeling like I might just fall through into dark water. Winter is pretty but that's a level of calm I don't think I could ever handle.

mila_fox411mo ago

Oh totally agree! I was just up near Fairbanks last January, and sitting out on a frozen lake with the whole sky dancing green and purple... it was magic. Summer feels so busy and buggy, but those winter nights are so peaceful you can hear your own heartbeat.

leehunt1mo ago

Last winter I camped on Great Slave Lake up in the Northwest Territories. The ice was meters thick, solid enough you forgot it was even water. Watching the northern lights from my sleeping bag, that silence wrapped around you like a blanket. Summer is loud and full of bugs, but out there on the ice everything just stops. It’s the closest thing to perfect quiet I’ve ever found.