Premium Exploration Voyages
Normal rates from $11,312 per person based on 2 persons in each cabin
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This cruise brings you along Alaska’s rugged coastline and around the remote Aleutian Islands to Nome. Visit historic ports and enjoy bear watching in Katmai National Park.
We’ll sail north from Vancouver Island, past fjords, into the Johnstone Strait and then through the Hecate Strait. Steep mountains and waterfalls await you in our first site in Alaska, aptly named the Misty Fjords. Look for Tlingit totem poles and petroglyphs on the beach in Wrangell at the foot of Mount Dewey.
Then visit Sitka, the former capital of Alaska when it belonged to Russia, which is home to the Russian Orthodox St. Michael’s Cathedral. Next comes Icy Bay, where icebergs often float. Our goal is to explore Guyot Glacier and see some harbor seals relaxing on the icebergs along the way.
The Emerald Isle of Kodiak features the Alutiiq Museum and Baranov Museum, chronicling the city’s heritage. There are three possible sites for our next visit in the Katmai National Park, which is known for its population of bears. We’ll stop at the small fishing village of Chignik, on the Alaskan Peninsula, then move to the abandoned island settlement at Unga.
Dutch Harbor is one of the most important fishing ports in the US, famous for appearing on the TV show ‘The Deadliest Catch’. St. Paul Island is the largest of the Pribilof Islands, an important bird area that is home to as many as 500,000 fur seals. You’ll then visit deserted St. Matthew Island, the most isolated place in Alaska, before disembarking in the famous Gold-Rush–era town of Nome for your flight back to Vancouver.
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