August 2016

Crystal Serenity’s itinerary takes the ship from Seward to Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, Nome, then across the Beaufort Sea through the Northwest Passage to Greenland, Bar Harbor, Boston and New York City.

The captain of the Crystal Serenity now plying through the northwest passage offshore arctic Canada is a familiar figure to many in the Alaska cruise industry.

What do you do on a 32-day excursion through the Arctic?

While cruise passengers of the Holland America Line ship the ms Maasdam enjoy an unprecedented overnight stay at the Port of Anchorage on Aug. 22, the tourism industry thanked the nearly 600 crew who work aboard the ship.

Cruise lines work hard to keep the world’s beaches and oceans clean.

Holland America Line is celebrating 70 years of taking cruise passengers to Alaska next year with six ships in the region sailing from Vancouver and Seattle.

Onlookers at the Alaska Airlines Seafair Torchlight Parade in downtown Seattle watched Holland America Line’s Koningsdam cruising down the street.

Many seafood processing workers travel to Whittier during the summer, when the town has more wage and salary jobs than it has residents.

There’s nothing that says Alaska like fresh Alaska salmon.

One of the best – and certainly the most affordable – way to explore Alaska is through its system of webcams.