Here is an indispensable guide for anyone taking a cruise to Alaska. Information at your fingertips on: Ports of Call - local attractions, Shore & flightseetng excursions, Land Tour detail on Alaska, the Yukon and Canadian Rockies, Wildlife - includes whale-watching map and tips, Alaska history, native culture, Natural phenomena, glaciers, Hiking trails and tips, Sights along the ship's route, Over 300 photographs and dozens of maps? charts and illustrations support the narrative describing this exciting cruise. Includes a giant color pull-out map! Veteran cruise writer Anne Vipond, with years of experience cruising the inside Passage and the Gulf of Alaska, provides an insider's look at this beautiful coastline. Drawing on authorities at the Universities of Alaska and British Columbia, ALASKA BY CRUISE SHIP is a reliable reference book far passengers bound for Alaska - from Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle in the south to Seward, Whittier, Anchorage and Fairbanks in the north.