Chasing the Aurora Borealis
Abstract
Ihad been sitting in a coffee shop in Reykjavik, Iceland, cycling through my photographs of the aurora borealis from the night before in Njardvik, when a man at the next table struck up a conversation. Recognizing his familial ties to the location in my photographs, he began to share stories that his grandfather told him as a child regarding the often-seen, but still mysterious, northern lights. The story I was told that day, and stories shared with me while visiting northern and remote Indigenous communities in Canada, inspired me to write this paper.
- Publication:
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The Physics Teacher
- Pub Date:
- May 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1119/1.5145521
- Bibcode:
- 2020PhTea..58..306H