The Alaska Cruise Companion: A Naturalist's Guide to Alaska's Inside Passage

by Rachel Cartwright

This Cruise Companion was written by a former Princess Cruise naturalist, Rachel Cartwright. It covers the route taken by most cruise lines as they sail through Alaska's inside passage.

This guide includes chapters on popular port of calls (Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan) in addition to information on Glacier Bay, Alaska's wildlife and its indigenous people.

Highlights include identified points of interest as you sail into and out of each port and approximate viewing times.

Genres: Travel

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[SusanwithaGoodBook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Purchased onboard our cruise to Alaska, this is apparently THE guide for Princess cruises to Alaska. It really is chock full of fantastic information. In many ways, though, it would have been MUCH better to have before the cruise. They really should send you a copy when you book the cruise. I highly recommend getting a copy before you go if you can. I read it today, and marked a few things on my map, but we've already booked excursions and made plans, so some things will just have to wait until next time we come.

[Brenda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful and fun guide to Alaska's Inside Passage from a shipboard naturalist. If you know the area it's a good memory tickler, and if you don't it'll whet your appetite. Three stars for want of copy-editing.

[Angela Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

I purchased this book on a 7 day cruise through Alaska's inside passage. It was written by a Princess cruise line naturalist and looks as though it was published directly by/for Princess, although it follows the typical route for a 7 day cruise through this area, so I'm sure it could be useful regardless of the cruise line you are using.

I found this book very helpful to learn some background about each port of call on the itinerary, as well as find out some information on the wildlife and history of the areas. I did have difficulty actually finding the waypoints mentioned in the book (for example, a particular lighthouse would be marked as being visible 30 minutes after departure from a certain port, but I could never find any of them.)But it still proved as a useful, informative source for this specific cruise. Only wish I had known about it before departing!z..



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