I used to live in Nome (to the west of Fairbanks) and am hoping to make the trip as well. I have some friends in Fairbanks so we'll see.GoZips:People, if you go to Fairbanks in late November, you had better dress warm, because you will experience cold like you've never felt in your life. The average temp in FAI is 2.7 in November. It can go as low as -66, that's before you include windchill. When I lived up there, it was -30 in November.Also, it will take at least 24 hours to get up there on a reasonably priced ticket. That includes layover time. Alaska is 4 hours behind eastern time. It's 12am here, it's 8pm there.Fairbanks is barely below the arctic circle, so you'll have "some" daylight in November. The sun will rise around 11am, and set 3 or 4pmish.There's more, but I'm too tired to type any more. Oh, to anyone taking kids, they need to seriously be bundled up. If the weather is right, you may have windchills nearing -70.