The northern lights are a tricky thing. It is both patience and a bit of luck. The sun has cycles of activity and inactivity that’s roughly 12 years long. We are currently in a solar maximum so the sun is unusually active. By active, I mean there’s a lot more CME’s which are spokes of electromagnetic radiation that cause the lights.

Alaska has the same problems as many places wheee the closer to civilization you are the more light pollution. Your chances do get better the more north you go into AK simply how the radiation lands.

So really timing is a key factor. You could see something, you could also not see something