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Fodor's Alaska POCAll the essentials for a perfect day in port Up-to-date coverage of the most popular ports in the world's top cruising regions, with restaurants, key sights, entertainment, and shops, all easily reached from the pier. Helpful cruise primer packed with tips and important contact information. Written and updated by the country's top cruise experts. Detailed maps. Compact enough for a purse or pocket.

The Character of Alaska	p. vi
Cruise Primer	p. 1
Choosing Your Cruise	p. 3
Before You Go	p. 7
Arriving and Departing	p. 8
On Board	p. 10
Safety at Sea	p. 20
Going Ashore	p. 22
Ports of Call	p. 25
Anchorage	p. 28
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	p. 36
Haines	p. 38
Homer	p. 42
Juneau	p. 45
Kenai Peninsula	p. 52
Ketchikan	p. 53
Misty Fjords National Monument	p. 58
Petersburg	p. 58
Prince William Sound	p. 63
Seward	p. 65
Sitka	p. 68
Skagway	p. 73
Tracy Arm	p. 78
Valdez	p. 78
Vancouver, British Columbia	p. 80
Victoria, British Columbia	p. 88
Wrangell	p. 92
Ports of Embarkation and Disembarkation	p. 96
Shore Excursions	p. 98
Haines	p. 99
Juneau	p. 100
Ketchikan	p. 101
Petersburg	p. 102
Seward	p. 103
Sitka	p. 103
Skagway	p. 104
Valdez	p. 105
Vancouver, British Columbia	p. 106
Victoria, British Columbia	p. 107
Wrangell	p. 107
The Alaska Cruise Fleet	p. 108
Ocean Liners	p. 109
Small Ships	p. 115
Index	p. 122
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Geography alone makes Alaska an ideal cruise destination. On a typical seven-day itinerary, you'll visit up to four ports of call and one or two scenic bays or fjords. And the nature of ship travel is perfectly suited to discovering what Alaska is all about.

The natural beauty of Alaska is hard to overstate. As you prepare for your cruise, consider these facts about Alaska's grandeur: The Inside Passage, the traditional route north to Alaska and a favorite among cruise passengers, stretches 1,000 miles from Puget Sound, Washington, in the south to Skagway, Alaska, in the north. From there, the Gulf of Alaska arcs for another 500 miles from east to west.
Alaska has thousands of glaciers. Among the most famous ones that cruise passengers visit are LeConte outside Petersburg,
the southernmost calving glacier in North America, and Hubbard at Yakutat Bay in the Gulf of Alaska, 6 miles wide and 76 miles long to its source. The Malaspina Glacier, at the entrance to Yakutat Bay, is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
Tongass National Forest, which spans great stretches of the Inside Passage, is the largest national forest in the United States. Wrangell St. Elias National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site east of Anchorage and bordering the Gulf of Alaska, is the largest national park in the United States -- six times the size of Yellowstone.

Excerpted from Alaska Ports of Call 2000: Where to Dine and Shop and What to See and Do When You Go Ashore by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff
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Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call, 4th Edition

Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call, 4th Edition

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