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The two best places to see the aurora in Murmansk are Teriberka and lovozero.
Teriberka is north of Murmansk, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. Lovozero is south of Murmansk, the habitat of the Sami people.
Murmansk Chasing (City Center) Aurora
Murmansk is the largest city in the Arctic Circle, located at 69 degrees north latitude. It has the only ice-free port in the Arctic Circle. Murmansk is an industrial city and a military port. It is a very important city in a strategic location for Russia.
Aurora effect
It is difficult to see the aurora in the center of Murmansk because of light pollution. So if you want to see the aurora in Murmansk, you usually travel at night, chasing the aurora all the way to the surrounding areas without light pollution.
The higher the KP value, the higher the chance of seeing aurora and the wider the coverage. In addition, the weather is also one of the most important factors. If the clouds are very thick tonight, even if the northern lights are in front of you, you are still not able to see it.
Chasing aurora
If Murmansk chased the Aurora, we contacted the two companies. One is a team chasing the aurora, accompanied by a photographer and tour guide, but the fee is quite expensive. There is also a team of drivers who pick up the plane and charter to Teriberka. Taking pictures by yourself is very cheap. In fact, when chasing the aurora in Murmansk, the driver always knows which direction to go to chase the aurora. You can contact the chartered car early, or you can go to the Arctic Circle, ask the landlord or ask the hotel reception to contact you after check-in.
Maybe the aurora is something that people in the Arctic Circle take for granted. So if you have a car, you can chase the aurora at night.
If you are contact the driver, you can communicate in English. Determine the pick-up time, destination and price. Then Diam will send you the model and license plate number of the car you picked up. After arriving at the destination. Give cash directly to the driver.
At that time, our stay in Teriberka had not yet been decided. The only way to contact Teriberka Accommodation is a phone number and the concept of Blue House. After inquiring with diam, he helped me call the accommodation, and finally finalized the accommodation in Teriberka.
Teriberka watching the aurora
Teriberka Transport
It takes about two hours to drive to Teriberka.
There are two ways to get there:
1.minibus.
Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, I will go to Teriberka at the railway station at 5 pm Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, at 7 o’clock in the morning, we will return to Murmansk from Teriberka at school
The above time may change because the people of Great Russia are more willful.
2. Chartered car
The time is easier to control if you charter a car. The ride time will be shorter. I remember that we surpassed the minibus waiting for the snowplow. The chartered car is the Murmansk chartered team.
Itinerary tips
There is also a small tip:
1. In winter, the road to Teriberka is often closed due to snow. If you can, don’t put the trip to Teriberka in the last one or two days after leaving Murmansk.
2. In the polar night of the Arctic Circle in winter, the daily sunshine is only two or three hours at noon. If you charter a car, put the round trip time at noon, the road will be easier to open.
Accommodation recommendation
This is the contact information of the hostel in Teriberka where I live. The cost is also specially calculated $20 per person per night, including breakfast.
The boss is very nice, but he doesn’t speak English, so the next translation software communication is fine.
lovozero base guard aurora
Transportation
To go to the lovozero base, you need to charter a car from Murmansk to lovozero. Then take a snowmobile to the lovozero base. The journey from Murmansk to lovozero is about 4 hours. The fare is about 3500 rub/car, a car takes 4 people.
Base accommodation reservation
Said to be the lovozero base, in fact, it is a small wooden house.
All base reservations are booked through e-mail. Try to make an appointment one to three months earlier.