Top places for a New Years Eve aurora break
Forget the fireworks at New Year. Instead, head north for a different kind of spectacular light show! Here are our top picks for a European New Years Eve getaway.
All posts by Melanie Windridge
What does my cocktail have in common with glaciology?
Whilst on holiday I was served a rather cool cocktail with a giant ice cube plugging a hole between the upper and lower chambers of the glass. What happened?
How meeting the Queen inspired me to climb Mount Everest
This year I’m climbing Mount Everest. I feel so lucky to have this opportunity to do something so incredible, and I owe it all to Henry Day, the Mount Everest Foundation and the Queen! Here’s why…
Best place and time to see the aurora?
What is the best place and time to see the aurora?
I get asked this question a lot, and there’s no simple answer. But in what follows I give you some things to think about.
Icehotel & aurora with Mum
I was working on a short trip to Sweden with Discover the World and this time I took my mother along for her first taste of the Arctic. She loved it!
Aboriginal Sky Stories
Would it be possible to see the aurora during a solar eclipse? And has it happened in the past? The answer is maybe. It’s not impossible, but it would be a very rare occurrence.
If Van Gogh painted aurora
Val Fulford, an artist for the film Loving Vincent, shares her thoughts on painting the aurora in Van Gogh’s style.