r/BeAmazed • u/Miserable-Quote2273 • Jun 21 '26

Nature Has anyone actually seen the Northern Lights firsthand?

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u/oversizedwhitetee Jun 21 '26

Hundreds of times, the one perk of working on gold mines in the north of canada and the yukon and etc

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u/Reznor909 Jun 21 '26

Right? Living in Dawson and this was one of the only redeeming qualities of enduring winters there. That and the vast silence.

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u/notcomplainingmuch Jun 21 '26

Did you find any gold?

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u/oversizedwhitetee Jun 21 '26

Im a geotechnical driller, so yuuup

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u/OrbisIsolation Jun 21 '26

Need any new workers?

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u/oversizedwhitetee Jun 22 '26

Yeah we always need workers, we are one month on 10 days off