ALASKA — When you’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy seven different excursions in Alaska, choosing a favorite is like picking crab over lobster — or vice versa. As our Voyage of The Glaciers cruise on the Star Princess wound down, it was a regular question among the participants. Almost everyone’s pick had the word “glacier”… Continue reading The Best Of Visiting Alaska Glaciers
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Mosquito Time…Repellant Time!
Today, we bring you a PSA. That’s Public Service Announcement, and it’s for the benefit of anybody who expects to encounter a mosquito this summer. So, pretty much everybody. In Alaska, there are 13 species of mosquitoes. Clearly, Alaskans know something about dealing with them. To that end, today we are publishing a recipe for… Continue reading Mosquito Time…Repellant Time!
June Weather An Alaska All-Star
JUNEAU, Alaska — it's perfectly understandable that Alaskans don't really know what to do about the weather. Here in the capital, they live in a rain forest and it's not raining. "People in Alaska don't know what to do with this much sunshine," one of them said, while the digital thermometer downtown displayed 67 degrees… Continue reading June Weather An Alaska All-Star
Balcony Breakfast Princess Treat
ON BOARD THE STAR PRINCESS — Can there be a better wake-up call than sitting on the balcony of a cruise ship with a glacier looming on the outside and a young man from Buenos Aires delivering a four-course breakfast from the inside? If there is, we have yet to experience it. This is the… Continue reading Balcony Breakfast Princess Treat
Princess's Diamond In The Wilderness
DENALI, Alaska — Of the five lodges that Princess Cruises operates in Alaska, the one on the doorstep of Denali National Park has the size, the reputation and the history that a flagship hotel — or a flagship anything — should have. At 656 rooms, it is the biggest of the five lodges with which… Continue reading Princess's Diamond In The Wilderness