Explore the Last Frontier by cruise ship, and you can travel to ... Petersburg and Wrangell. Ketchikan is known for three things: Native Alaskan (Tlingit) totem poles, Misty Fjords National ...

The cruise industry was already booming in Alaska, but some locals say its continued growth is putting a strain on the environment tourists come for.

On a busy day during the Alaska cruise season, Ketchikan’s population can ... Close to half of large cruise ships sailing to Alaska do not discharge wastewater in state waters – or are not ...