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Visit the 49th State with a
PRINCESS
By Spenser F. Barnes
More than one million people a year visit Alaska on a cruise ship, Yand Princess Cruise Line has the most ships traveling there.
ou might have cruised around the Great Lakes or One of the best ways to see much of Alaska is taken the colors of the fall in New England, but through Princess Cruises, either on an Alaska Cruise
nothing can prepare you for the beauty you will or with one of its Alaska Cruisetours. Next summer will experience when you visit our 49th state, Alaska. be the cruise line’s 50th summer in Alaska and it will
Sure, everything is lush and green, but that’s to be have seven different ships calling on Alaska ports
expected in a climate that gets a fair amount of rain and snow. But these emerald hills and mountains are capped by snow and there is usually water nearby – or even a glacier – adding to the picture-perfect scene. And let’s not forget the wildlife. Bald eagles are as common as a pigeon on a New York City statue. During the summer, varieties of salmon can be found in the rivers, along with other fish. And, of course, Alaska is probably the only state where you will see both whales and bears.
during the season.
If you are short on time, Princess offers four- and
five-day roundtrip cruises to Inside Passage ports from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Most cruises
will be seven-day Inside Passage cruises, some being offered from Vancouver but with the majority sailing from Seattle, Washington. It also has roundtrip Inside Passage cruises from San Francisco and Los Angeles on its schedule.
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