Yellowknife

Your face burns red from both the sting of frigid air against your face and the heat of bubbling hot tub waters enveloping your body. Just when you think to reach for your mug of apple cider you see it – a subtle, stripe of white light glowing against the pitch-black sky.

Gradually it bends and stretches into broad green streaks that reach high into the stratosphere. Before long, more colours appear – gold, red, purple – and the entire night sky comes alive with the mesmerizing brilliance of countless veils of undulating light. They exist for just a few moments and then disappear into the darkness. Hours seem to have passed in seconds.

The magnificence of the Northern Lights exemplifies the magic of Yellowknife. Wild, untouched, otherworldly, this city at the edge of the Arctic will dazzle you with nature's most glorious splendours.

Top things to do in Yellowknife

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) (English and French only)
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Drive Ingraham Trail (English and French only)
Walking Trails
Caribou Carnival
Midnight Classic Golf Tournament
Arctic Cruise
Aurora by Dogsled Tour (English and Japanese only)

For more information visit

www.explorenwt.com
www.northernfrontier.com (English, French and Japanese only)

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