When I was in Juneau in Jan 2011, as Queen, I had hoped to see the aurora, it was active, however, the weather gods saw fit to have high winds and clouds, then calmer winds and snow. The Mendenhal glacier was beautiful and so was the snow. I hadn't seen snow since my daughter was about 7 back in 1982, so I was happy it snowed it was beautiful... I was out early Saturday AM in my pj's taking pictures. People thought I was nuts, but they didn't realize what that snow meant to me.