Re: Nebula Finalists 2015

The Horny Goat wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 19:01:39 -0500, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
wrote:
 

As I recall it went Halifax-Toronto-Vancouver - Seattle - Anchorage-
Fairbanks. With a brief stop in Winnipeg.
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The trip up  the coast occurred in clear air conditions that, according
to my hosts, almost never happen. It was spectacular, especially Mt Logan.
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I was told by virtually everyone I met that I was too late for the
Northern lights, but they put on a spectacular display that night. I was
almost too tired to see them by then, but I ventured out - we rarely see
much of a display in Toronto or Halifax.

 My only really good experience of the lights was in northern
Newfoundland (about 10 miles short of the southern tip of Labrador -
which is a long way north of Vancouver much less Toronto.
 Probably the most unusual thing I've seen is the non-ice coast of
Greenland mostly thanks to the pilot on our flight from
London-Vancouver in 2016 who came onto the intercom and pointed it out
and said "Folks we fly this route all the time but 95+% of the time
it's covered in clouds. Today is the 5%....."

Exactly.  I've overflown southern Greenland several times, but clouds have always obscured the view.
William Hyde