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Cruising Endicott Arm & Dawes Glacier, Alaska

December 6, 2017 Alaskan Bear Alaska, Alaska Cruise Ports

Endicott Arm Fjord Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. Both fjords are over 30 miles (48 km) long and one-fifth of their area is covered in ice. During the summer, the fjords have considerable floating ice[…]

Cruising to Chatham Strait, Alaska

December 5, 2017 Alaskan Bear Alaska, Alaska Cruise Ports

Chatham Strait, or Shee ya xhaak in the Tlingit language, is narrow passage of the eastern North Pacific through the northern Alexander Archipelago, southeastern Alaska. Chatham Strait, a deep 240 kilometre-long strait was historically inhabited by explorers and fur-trappers. Along the Baranof side, many narrow[…]

Cruising to Kuiu Island, Alaska

December 5, 2017 Alaskan Bear Alaska, Alaska Cruise Ports

Kuiu Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. It lies between Kupreanof Island, to its east, and Baranof Island, to its west. The island is 105 km long, and 10 to 23 km wide. It is nearly cut in two by[…]