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North to Alaska

A June 1996 trip to Inside Passage by flroales

Columbia Glacier Photo - Inside Passage, Alaska More Photos
Quote: Most people hear the word Alaska and think of Eskimos and snow. However a trip up the Inside Passage in the summer is an experience of green, even the glaciers are set against green growing forests and temperatures are far from the zero expected when the word Alaska is mentioned.
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Columbia Glacier Photo - Inside Passage, Alaska
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As the band played the old song 'North to Alaska' we left Vancouver on our trip up the Inside Passage. The best way to travel the passage is North by ship and return South by plane, unless of course you go both ways by ship. The reason for this is very simple, if you do it this way the surroundings start off first-rate and just keep getting better. If you start in the north by ship and go south you see the best first and your panoramas diminish as you come south. On this trip you will see wonders you never dreamed of, for this journey is along a land that is for the most part unspoiled by civilization. An excursion during the summer months will impress upon you why they call this part of the world 'T...Read More