Useful Links
NORTHERN LIGHTS (AURORA BOREALIS)
Aurora borealis forecast: http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center – Products: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center: 30-minute aurora forecst: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
Space Weather Live – Aurora forecast: http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/aurora-forecast
University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute Aurora Forest: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast
Solar Cycle: www.solarham.com
Fairbanks, Alaska Aurora Webcam: http://www.ronnmurrayphoto.com/NorthernLights-AuroraCamera/AlaskaAuroraCam
POLAR BEARS
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Marine Mammals Management: http://www.fws.gov/alaska/fisheries/mmm/polarbear/pbmain.htm
Alaska Department of Fish & Game: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=viewing.marinemammals&species=polarbear
Polar Bears International: http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/
Polar Bear Population Dynamics in the southern Beaufort Sea: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/14-1129.1
National Geographic Article on population study: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141119-polar-bears-arctic-warming-animals-science-alaska/
Alaska Dispatch News – news story: http://www.adn.com/article/20140121/lured-bowhead-whale-scraps-polar-bears-increasingly-coming-ashore-arctic-alaska
IDITAROD TRAIL SLED DOG RACE
The Official Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race website: www.Idiatrod.com
2012 pre-race trailer: http://iditarod.com/video/the-2012-iditarod-sled-dog-race/ (90-second clip that is timeless and worth watching)
Icebound trailer: http://vimeo.com/10986871 (4-minute trailer about the race to relay antiserum to Nome to save children from a diphtheria outbreak)
Discovery Channel’s ‘The Toughest Race on Earth’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZvVlo1RIG0 (45 minute documentary, well worth watching)
Livestrong Films ‘Lance’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZvVlo1RIG0 (4-minute clip about 4-time Iditarod champion and cancer survivor Lance Mackey)
ALASKA
Travel Alaska: Many useful resources for travelers
National Weather Service, Alaska Region: http://www.arh.noaa.gov/textforecasts.php?type=public
Alaska Aviation Weather Report and Forecast: http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=PABA&state=AK
Alaska Aviation FAA Weather Cameras: http://avcams.faa.gov/sitelist.php
Dalton Highway – Interviews, videos, and points of interest: http://jukebox.uaf.edu/haul_road/index.htm
Alaska Dispatch News: http://www.adn.com/
Fairbanks Daily News Miner: http://www.newsminer.com/
The Nome Nugget – Alaska’s Oldest Newspaper: http://www.nomenugget.net/