We planned a trip to Alaska in March 2015. Alaska in Winter??? Many asked! Well, the most magical and divine phenomenon on earth - the Aurora Borealis - was calling out to me. And so we went ! We knew it was a gamble we were undertaking. There was no way to predict if we would see any. Just by being at the right place at the right time does not guarantee an aurora. Lot of factors affect it , like the clouds, the amount of solar flares emitted from the sun, etc. We knew this a