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 mosquito repellant, 
courtesy of Sharon Soucy, who’s not really from Alaska but who works in the Land of the Midnight Sun, where even the mosquitoes have less time to sleep during the long days.
Sharon works for the National Parks Service. She drives tourists around the park on the only tour buses allowed in the park, modified school buses painted mostly tan, and last week passengers from the Star Princess were on her bus. Sharon comes from Maine, where presumably she also encountered mosquitoes in summer, just not as often — and not as many — as in Alaska.
Oh yes, the recipe:
* Buy fractionated coconut oil at your local health food store
* Put six tablespoons in mason jar
* Add 10 drops on oil of peppermint and stir
* Pour liquid (it stays as liquid) in a spray bottle
* Apply has needed
Does it work?
“It does for me,” she laughs.
In the news…
• Carnival Magic moving to Port Canaveral four months earlier than planned
Today at portsandbows.com: New ships on the water from Fincantieri
Celebrity Summit
6 nights
October 18, 2015
Cape Liberty, N.J. (return): St. Maarten, Tortola, San Juan
Inside: $449
Cost per day: $64
www.celebritycruises.com