A glow in the sky - by Kayleen F.

It's 3 am and far more folks than usual are awake on the Thomas G. Thompson.

We're nearly at latitude 68 and there are some faint white lights dancing behind the dark clouds of snow we keep passing through. There's some doubt at first, seeing as we're far south enough that twilight is longer than usual, but some long-exposure photos with those familiar green colors put people's doubt to rest.

Aurora from the TGT (ph. by Croy Carlin)

Aurora.. and V-shaped stars ;-) (ph. by Isa R.)

People are sneaking down to their staterooms to nudge their roommates awake so nobody misses the fleeting phenomenon. There have been a couple quick sightings of those classic Aurora shapes, columns dancing in S-patterns. Hoping to see some ice floes in the morning! Everybody's thrown off their shift trying not to miss anything before we're heading north for a few weeks of open ocean again. At least the science will finally begin as we hit our stations on our transit north!