Northern stars

I'm been using the opportunity of being in the Northern Hemisphere to look at some stars and constellations that aren't visible from South Africa. However, attempts to photograph them haven't succeeded. The best was when I kept the shutter open for several seconds but as I don't have a tripod with me it just resulted in a blurry smudge.

If you were here in person you'd see the Big Dipper going up to Polaris... instead this photo shows just about nothing