Inclusions

• College Fjord, Alaska, US – Cruise College Fjord in Alaska to visit glaciers named after Ivy League colleges. The frozen rivers of ice were named in 1899 by two professors from Harvard University and Amherst College after their Ivy League alma maters and sister schools. College Fjord offers idyllic views of snow-capped mountains and narrow waterways studded with blue-white icebergs.
• Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, US – Cruise along Hubbard Glacier, off the coast of Yakutat, Alaska, the largest glacier in North America, with a calving front that is more than six miles wide. This glacier has been very active, with two major surges forward in 1986 and again in 2002.
• Ketchikan, Alaska, US – Ketchikan is one of the larger towns in the region and has much on offer including a quaint historic center of wooden sided buildings linked together by boardwalk, a plethora of shops and restaurants, and all with an active salmon stream running right through the downtown. It is surrounded by the Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest in the US with 17 million acres of protected land. This massive reserve holds the largest Pacific temperate rainforest and the iconic Misty Fjords.
• Metlakatla, Alaska, US – The Tsimshian are the indigenous people of Metlakatla, a small ocean-front community in southern Alaska. The settlement holds at least a dozen ornate and emblematic Totem Poles for which the Tsimshian are famous. The people here respect and pay homage to their ancestors with traditional dance performances and ceremonies at their longhouse, the community’s heart and soul.
• Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada – Nanaimo on Vancouver Island is the territory of indigenous Snuneymuxw people. They are the keepers of an ancient culture dating back over 5,000 years. This region and people are part of the Coast Salish grouping of linguistically and ethnically related tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The dynamic Coast Salish culture reflects beliefs and values based upon the interconnectedness and spirit of all things.
• Visit Metlakatla, home of the indigenous Tsimshian people, famous for their emblematic Totem Poles.
• Observe native cultural presentations and ceremonies.
• Learn about the unique Coast Salish culture and values through a cultural presentation by the Snuneymuxw indigenous people in Nanaimo.
• Wildlife Watch List: Bald Eagle, Steller’s Jay, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Common Raven, Barn Swallow, Belted Kingfisher, Northwestern Crow, Great Blue Heron, Marbled Murrelet, Pigeon Guillemot; Common, Bonaparte’s, Mew and Glaucous-winged Gulls. Brown and black bears. Humpback whales, orcas, harbor seals