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...
Yes, Alaska is in America, but our cruise departed from Vancouver, Canada. That meant we had to clear both U.S. and Canadian Customs. Plus, many of the port excursions also crossed the border between the 2 countries, and our passports were checked on those crossings, too. We joined a ...