We got picked up at the Walmart parking lot and glad we had a plug in for the car as it got to minus 15 or more in Fairbanks although, out on the tour, it had dropped to around minus 20.
Caleb was our tour guide and we thoroughly enjoyed him as he was very talkative and full of information but then, I would imagine so as he has been doing it a long time. He showed us pictures of the Aurora Borealis from past tours that were amazing! I just wished we would have seen half the amazing scenes he showed us. Actually, we were just a bit disappointed that there wasn't more although, we did see some activity and those, I think, were just OK. I've seen the northern lights before and thought I would see something more brilliant but...nope. We didn't get skunked but, the borealis didn't cooperate as well as we would have liked.
Getting to the Arctic Circle was fun...as we received a certificate of having been there.
I give this experience a "excellent" as our guide, Caleb, was not only a talker but, he was safe always. I don't think he went over the speed limit and drove safely all the time. When we got out of the van to look at the lights; he would say where we were at and watch out for the road traffic.