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Alaska Cruise Packing List

What To Pack For An Alaskan Cruise? Is one of the first questions that people ask after booking an Alaska small ship cruise. As you move forward with creating a packing list, it will be vastly different than throwing a pair of shorts, flip flops and a t-shirt in your luggage for a Caribbean cruise. As the Alaska […]

Cruise Packing List

Here lies the problem in packing for a cruise: You want to pack the basics of what you NEED for a cruise so you will be comfortable on your vacation; so you pack for every possible scenario. This ultimately leads to over packing. What you need is a plan. A simple blueprint to help you pack […]

Best Time To Cruise Alaska

When is the best time to cruise Alaska? The best time to cruise Alaska is between May and September when daytime temperatures are in the mid 60’s and the rainfall is under 3.5″ per month. This may surprise you… The months with the lowest average rainfall are May and June! So booking a cruise in […]

Difference Between Iceberg And Glacier

What is the difference between an Iceberg and Glacier? The difference between an Iceberg and Glacier is that the iceberg is the piece of a glacier that breaks off of (or calves) when temperatures warm up. Glaciers are made up of a large mass of snow and ice mixture that covers the valley floor of a mountain […]

Admiralty Island National Monument

Located within Tongass National Forest, Admirality Island consists of over a million acres of lakes, streams, meadows, and coastal rain forests. The island is located within Alaska’s Inside Passage can be reached by floatplane from either Juneau or Sitka and by an Alaskan small ship cruise. The island exhibits many different kinds of wildlife from […]