Route 1: Whittier to Valdez (Southcentral) The fishing industry is one of Alaska’s top economic engines, so traveling Prince William Sound duringsummer in Alaskameans a front-row seat to the vessels and people working nets and lines. This five-hour trip sails among the placid bays and crag...
Additional service is offered across the Gulf of, Alaska stopping inValdezandWhittier. The M/V Tustumena provides service fromHomer,Kodiak, and Dutch Harbor. Blue Canoes: Established in 1963, four years after Alaska became a state, the Alaska Marine Highway System celebrates 40 years of ferry ...