Fairbank AK -- Northern Lights ????

I flew to Fairbanks around Christmastime a couple decades ago to visit a friend who was attending UAF there then (and still lives in the area, but that's irrelevant). There's no guarantee that you'll have northern lights, or that the sky will be cloudless, but it's a better chance than many other areas and times. During those weeks around the solstice, Fairbanks has about twenty hours of full-on night and four hours of twilight per day; and, as mentioned, it can be very very cold outside. Don't expect to see much of the scenery or enjoy the outdoors too much.

If you do go and decide to get a rental vehicle, make sure you plug it in when you park for very long...and remember to unplug it before driving off.