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Alasca · the United States
In the destination Fairbanks and the aurora borealis.
In the photo: Downtown Fairbanks in winter
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
The second-largest city in Alaska, inland on the banks of the Chena River. Under the auroral oval, it is one of the cities most sought after for aurora viewing. It has the University of Alaska Museum of the North, Pioneer Park, the Morris Thompson cultural center and, nearby, a viewpoint for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
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The local experience
A museum of Alaska’s natural history and culture on the university campus in Fairbanks, housed in a white building with curved lines, including a room dedicated to sounds and lights inspired by the aurora.
Roadside viewpoint north of Fairbanks where you can see the Trans-Alaska Pipeline up close, about 1,300 km long, with panels about its construction in the 1970s.
Historic park on the banks of the Chena River in Fairbanks, with log cabins from the gold rush, the sternwheel steamboat Nenana and small museums about the city’s history.
Visitor and cultural center in downtown Fairbanks, on the banks of the Chena River, with exhibitions about the interior’s native peoples and information on the aurora.
