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Dog sledding and aurora borealis

By Los Angeles Times
January 7, 2011

ALASKA

Dog sledding and aurora borealis

Look up on AdventureSmith's nine-day "Iditarod and Northern Lights Tour" and you're likely to see the aurora borealis. Look down, and you'll see dog sleds. Glimpse the atmospheric phenomenon from a mountaintop, and then to Anchorage to see the dogs and mushers take off. Also included is the Iditarod's Musher's Banquet, snowmobiling, dog sledding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and stops at an ice-sculpture park and at natural hot springs.

Itinerary: Fairbanks to Chena Hot Springs Resort to Anchorage

Dates: Feb. 27-March 8. (A more limited version of this tour is available through April 30.)

Price: Starting at $2,699 (plus $98 tax), including lodging, daily breakfast, two dinners, the services of an guide, private transfers, intra-Alaska airfare and admission to events and lectures.

Info: AdventureSmith Explorations, Tahoe City, Calif.; (800) 728-2875, http://www.adventuresmithexplorations.com