About
Boreal is an independent expedition operator, founded in 2013, running small-group aurora and astrophotography tours across the circumpolar north.
Boreal was founded in 2013 by a pair of astrophotographers who were tired of tour buses parking in front of their tripods at the exact moment the sky lit up.
Every departure is timed against the actual solar wind forecast, not a fixed calendar — we would rather move your trip by three days than stand under a quiet sky.
Five stages, timed to the sky.
We track KP-index and solar wind forecasts year-round before opening any booking window.
Each region has multiple fallback sites — cloud cover at one valley rarely means cloud cover at the next.
Trips cap at eight guests so nobody's headlamp ruins somebody else's fifteen-second exposure.
Guides teach manual exposure and tracking on-site, on your own camera, not in a classroom beforehand.
We will move your trip by up to three days if the forecast says the display will be better later that week.
Guides who shoot the sky for a living.
E. Lindqvist
Founding Guide · Since 2013
S. Aho
Lead Astrophotographer · Since 2015
R. Halvorsen
Expedition Logistics · Since 2017
N. Kivi
Solar Forecasting · Since 2020
The next active window is closer than you think.
We track solar activity forecasts year-round and open booking windows the moment conditions line up — join the list and we will tell you when it is worth flying.