Summer is peak Alaska cruise season, with warm temperatures of 13–16°C (55–65°F). Days are long, peaking around 20 hours of daylight at the summer solstice in June – or even longer in the far north. June tends to be fairly dry but rainfall starts to increase from July. And war...
After a little confusion over where our backpacks ended up (apparently, cruise lines aren’t used to people adventuring on with independent travel after this cruise – most either connect to flights, return by cruise or arranged land adventures) – our driver very sweetly dropped us off...