Trudy’s 50th birthday cruise to Alaska onboard the Radiance of the Seas. Highlights include: Anchorage to Seward via Alaska Railroad for embarkation. alaskarailroad.com Cruising Hubbard Glacier en.wikipedia.org Juneau – Shrine of St. Therese www.shrineofsainttherese.org Mendenhall Glacier www.fs.fed.us Skagway – Chilkoot Charters Yukon Rail & Coach www.chilkootcharters.com Icy Straight Point – Whale watching with FISHES www.visithoonah.com Ketchikan – Ziplining with Alaska Canopy Adventures www.alaskacanopy.com Vancouver for disembarkation Music – “Come Sail Away” by Styx
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Ketchikan – Juneau – Skagway – Glacier bay – College Fjord – Anchorage – Midnight Sun Express – Fairbanks – Prudhoe Bay – Denali National Park – Mt.McKinley – Columbia GlacierThe Great Land – Alaska!The name brings to mind a thousand images: majestic mountains, rivers of ice, endless tundra, vastness, spaciousness, freedom. All of these images are true. But for today’s traveler it also means luxury. Amid some of the most rugged scenery of the world, luxurious cruise ships and elegant trains carry travelers north to the top of the world to view the extraordinary sights of the “Last Frontier.”In THE GREAT ALASKA CRUISE, Doug Jones takes the viewer through the Inside Passage and across the Gulf of Alaska on the fabled Island Princess of Love Boat fame. Join 600 passengers fro a trip from Vancouver to Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway. Experience the thrill of a helicopter trip to the Juneau icefields, ride on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, see a salmon cannery in operation, sail through breathtaking Glacier Bay and College Fjord and experience all the magic that has beckoned travelers to Alaska for over 100 years.Visit Anchorage, the Matanuska Valley, stop by the Alaska State Fair, take the Midnight Sun Express to Fairbanks, ride the “Discovery” sternwheeler paddleboat, pan for gold at the Little Eldorado Mine, and visit the Seismology lab of the University of Alaska.Then further north on the gravel Dalton Highway, past the pipeline, to Coldfoot, the northernmost truck stop …
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