{"id":24508,"date":"2015-06-19T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=24508"},"modified":"2015-06-19T01:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T08:00:40","slug":"friday-file-june-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=24508","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: Mount McKinley From The Air"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENALI, ALASKA — The best way to Alaska’s biggest — physically, for sure — tourist attraction is up close. Unless you think 40 miles is “close enough” that means hopping on a fixed-wing plane or a helicopter that will take you to the base or higher of mighty Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. So yesterday, we did, as part of a Princess Cruises<\/a> Cruisetour…<\/p>\n

\"Denali\"<\/a><\/p>\n

North America’s most-photographed mountain, distinctive and recognizable even from 60 miles away when you're in the air.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Plane\"<\/a>Built in Canada, the de Havilland Beaver is one sturdy, safe and successful aircraft — delightfully slow by modern standards.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Pilot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pilot Chris Palm’s grandfather taught him to fly when he was 15 — now ever since he has logged time flying all over the 49th state.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Glaciers-run\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Glaciers run (literally) from head to toe (literally), constantly moving to create fields of ice, moraines and silt.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Gorge\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This wall is part of the world’s deepest gorge: 5,000 feet above the glacier and 4,000 feet of ice below the surface.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Glaciers-blue\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Often under glaciers there are rivers, and the sun’s reflections makes parts of the glacier appear blue, as with swimming pools.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Glacier-camps\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tourists\/climbers regularly land on Ruth Glacier, set up camps and perhaps plan to reach the summit, or maybe just try.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Scenery\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jaw-dropping scenery <\/i><\/b>is everywhere <\/i><\/b>out the windows of aircraft and it leaves passengers stunned and speechless.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Snow\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Even this month, there’s no shortage of snow on McKinley and its partners mountaintops — in fact, it snows there in June.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

• Carnival video a chance to watching the building of new ship Vista
\n\t• Holland America, again, wins Port of Vancouver Blue Circle Award<\/span>
\n\t• Silversea passengers latest to get free WiFi for everybody<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/strong><\/em><\/span>oday at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Cunard's 175th anniversary cruise<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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Carnival Fascination<\/a>
\n\t4 nights
\n\tOctober 1, 2015
\n\tJacksonville<\/a> (return): Freeport<\/a>, Nassau<\/a>
\n\tInside: $239
\n\tCost per day: $59<\/strong>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DENALI, ALASKA — The best way to Alaska’s biggest — physically, for sure — tourist attraction is up close. Unless you think 40 miles is “close enough” that means hopping on a fixed-wing plane or a helicopter that will take you to the base or higher of mighty Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North… Continue reading Friday File: Mount McKinley From The Air<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,1893,36],"tags":[45,137,154,834,912,72,819,35,713,26,27,957,708],"class_list":["post-24508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","category-reviews","tag-alaska","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-fascination","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-mount-mckinley","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-princess-cruises","tag-princess-cruisetours","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}