The ships will tie up at an existing dock on Klawock Island owned by Klawock Heenya Corporation.
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Industry and Pacific Northwest partners want cruising to go zero-emission by 2050
The idea is to work together to develop technology, infrastructure and best practices so that cruises no longer pump greenhouse gases that cause global climate change into the atmosphere.
The Ironman race is coming to Juneau, and the city asked residents to house athletes
With only around 1,000 hotel rooms, the city proposed a creative solution: Incentivizing Juneau residents to go on vacation and rent their homes to athletes for a week.
Search suspended for woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship in Lynn Canal
The captain of the ship reported the incident after a cruise ship camera showed the woman going overboard at approximately 3 a.m. Tuesday as the ship sailed from Juneau to Skagway.
First cruise ship in 3 years docks in Haines, where residents worry about COVID-19 coming ashore too
With little public data about COVID-19 cases on ships, some community members in Haines worry that the ships could also bring a surge in coronavirus cases.
Cruise ships report a lot of COVID data to the authorities, but very little of the information is public
Most cruise ships participating in the CDC’s COVID cruise ship program are in the orange category. That could mean a handful of people are sick, or hundreds.