Glaciers calving in silence. Humpbacks breaching at breakfast.
Alaska isn't a destination you visit. It's a force you witness. Glaciers that calve with the sound of thunder. Humpback whales surfacing beside your ship at breakfast. Brown bears fishing in streams you can see from the deck. The scale humbles. The smaller the ship, the closer you get.
The capital you can only reach by sea or air. Mendenhall Glacier is a twenty-minute drive from downtown. That tells you everything about this place.
Helicopter to the Juneau Icefield for a guided glacier trek
The ship enters the bay at dawn. Margerie Glacier fills the horizon. The captain cuts the engines. In the silence, you hear the ice crack.
Ranger-narrated passage with National Park Service onboard
Russian churches and totem poles. The Alaska Raptor Center rehabilitates bald eagles. The Sitka Sound Science Center runs salmon hatcheries. This is Alaska's most cultured port.
Sea kayaking in Sitka Sound with marine biologist guide
The salmon capital of the world. Creek Street's boardwalks over the water. Misty Fjords National Monument by floatplane: 3,000-foot granite cliffs rising from emerald water.
Floatplane to Misty Fjords for a wilderness walk and crab feast
Send your dates. We will come back with the sailings worth taking, the cabin to ask for, and what we would arrange ashore.