ARCTIC LIGHTS

Way North is a popular scientific publication from Tromsø Museum, the northernmost university museum in the world. WAY NORTH is a followup from Tromsø Museum's successful magazine Ottar, and trough it we aim to introduce the northern sea borders of Europe and the Artic to our English speaking visitors.



CONTENS
Introduction: Jon Børre Ørbæk and Asgeir Brekke
The gentle country oft the northern lights: Asgeir Brekke
Gerd Gymesdaughter and the northern lights: Asgeir Brekke
From the King´s Mirror to sir Edmund Halley: Asgeir Brekke
Aquavit and the northern lights: Asgeir Brekke
Aurora Borealis. How the northern lights got their misnomer: Asgeir Brekke
Blue light in the Arctic: polar day, polar night and the low arctic sun: Jon Børre Ørbæk
White light in the Arctic: reflections from snow and ice: Jon Børre Ørbæk
Red winter light: a mysterious red December sky over Svalbard: Fred Sigernes
Actic haze, scattered light and low sun: Lars R. Hole
Winter depression - does it really exist?: Vidje Hansen
The magic camera of the northern lights: Asgeir Brekke
The northern lights are like a television show in the sky: Asgeir Brekke
From Haldde to EISCAT: Asgeir Brekke
The enigmatic northetn light, here one century and gobe the next: Asgeir Brekke
Northern lights photograpgy: Bjørn Jørgensen

From Ottar no. 252 (4-2004) and no. 256 (3-2005)

Price: NOK 100,-

Order your copy of Way North from Tromsø University Museum, by phone. + 47 776 45000 or e-mail: Museumsshop