1. On remote machine, go to the folder where you want the ipython process to reside, and enter: 
    ipython notebook --no-browser --port=7000 --pylab inline
    the last two items display plots/graphs inline in the notebook.
  2. On local machine: 
    ssh -N -f -L localhost:8888:localhost:7000 username@dest.ination.com
  3. On web browser on local machine, open http://localhost:8888.
  4. For more details, see:
  5. http://wisdomthroughknowledge.blogspot.com/2012/07/accessing-ipython-notebook-remotely.html
  6. http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/rel-0.13/interactive/htmlnotebook.html