Alaska's Glaciers Inside Passage
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JH7L;B (&') ALASKA’S GLACIERS AND THE INSIDE PASSAGE VANCOUVER KETCHIKAN TRACY ARM SAWYER GLACIER JUNEAU SKAGWAY SITKA HUBBARD GLACIER SEWARD JUNE 13 TO 20, 2013 Dear Horchow Traveler, We’ve been planning trips for discerning customers for decades, and we know that when it comes to visiting Alaska, it is hard to fi nd an itinerary that truly captures all that this magnifi cent state has to offer. Some trips show you the glaciers and waterways. Others show you the frontier towns and magnifi cent landscapes. Few manage to encompass the whole picture, yet the whole picture is what we know you want. This itinerary is the one you have been looking for. Not only does it go everywhere you want to go, it also offers an incredible experience at a great value. Value-added features of the seven-night cruise include: • Free air from 43 cities and $3,000 early-booking savings • Six-Star, all-suite, ocean-view accommodations aboard the small ship M.V. SILVER S HADOW • $500 Shipboard Credit to spend any way you choose • Complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages throughout your cruise • Complimentary Six-Star Butler Service, in-suite dining, and 24-hour room service Highlights of the sights include: • The colorful fi shing village of Ketchikan with optional excursions that include a cruise through the glacier-sculpted inlets of Misty Fjords National Monument, a visit to Totem Bight State Historical Park, or a tour of Deer Mountain Tribal Hatchery • Cruising into the deep fjord of Tracy Arm to see the Sawyer Glacier • Picturesque Juneau, with an optional excursion to the Mendenhall Glacier • Optional excursion aboard the historic landmark narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Route Railway steam train • Sitka, with its strong Russian infl uences, where you can take an optional excursion to the National Historical Park or visit the Raptor Rehabilitation Center • The awesome Hubbard Glacier • Scenic transfer from Seward to Anchorage • Pre-cruise option in Vancouver, Canada • Post-cruise option to Fairbanks and Denali National Park From June 13-20, 2013, you will see breathtaking scenery, spot fascinating wildlife, explore the many cultures that shaped this state, and much more, all from the luxury of a small ship where service is paramount and your comfort is given the highest priority. For more information, please call Dolores toll free at 1-800-944-9760 between 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. Central time, Monday-Friday. She will be happy to answer your questions and make all your reservations for you. If you are interested in other itineraries, please visit us at Horchow.com/travel where you will fi nd a complete listing of our offerings. If you need more information or answers and prefer the computer to the phone, you can e-mail us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Free Air from 43 cities and Low Air Add-Ons have limited availability and are not guaranteed. Dan Pressley Director Horchow Travel Services EXPXPLOLORINGRING THETHE I NSNSIDEIDE PASSASSAGAG E Shaped by the staggering force of massive glaciers millions of years ago, the Inside Passage embodies snow-capped mountains, diamond-blue glaciers and an ice-age wilderness, bigger, bolder and more beautiful than you can imagine. Watch for bald eagles, humpback whales, harbor seals and sea otters as you cruise these protected waters, one of the few pristine marine wilderness areas in the Western Hemisphere. Following in the footsteps of early explorers seeking the fabled northwest passage, cruise past countless islands and evergreen forests; the intricate totem poles of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Indians; the onion-domed churches gleaming with icons built by early Russian settlers; and the former gold rush settlements built by F stampeders en route to the immense wilds of the North. Ketchikan In the colorful fi shing village of Ketchikan—“salmon capital of the world”—stroll the boardwalks of Creek Street and watch salmon N Free Air from 43 major cities! swimming upstream in the middle of the village. Optional excursions 1 N Book Early, Save $3000 per couple ! feature a cruise through the glacier- N Only 382 Guests! sculpted inlets of Misty Fjords National Monument, where wildlife is abundant N All Six-Star Ocean-view Suites. and spectacular near-vertical cliffs N Most Suites with Private Veranda . rise from the water; alternatively, visit O Totem Bight State Historical Park, N $500 Shipboard Credit per couple . listed on the National Register of N Relais & Châteaux ® signature dining. Historic Places, or the Deer Mountain Tribal Hatchery, where king and coho N Complimentary alcoholic and salmon and steelhead trout are raised . nonalcoholic beverages. N All Shipboard Gratuities are included. Tracy Arm/Sawyer Glacier Cruise into the deep fjord of Tracy Arm, N All Port Taxes are included. where waterfalls spill from dramatic cliffs, lush forest fades to spectacular N Complimentary Butler service. sheer rock and icebergs glint in the N Special expert onboard lecturers. sunlight. Approach the twin North and South Sawyer Glaciers, actively calving N Welcome Champagne and Fruit chunks of ice that become fl oating upon embarkation. platforms for hundreds of harbor seals. Watch for Arctic terns, pigeon guillemots and even mountain goats. Beaufort Sea Cruise Itinerary Air Routing U.S. NORTHWEST Train Routing ALASKA TERRITORIES Land Routing YUKON TERRITORY FAIRBANKSAIRBANKS C Mt.Mt. McKinley A N DenaliDenali NationalNational PParkark A ANCHORAGENCHORAGE D HubbardHubbard A SEWARDEWARD GlacierGlacier SKAGWKAGWAYAY t le JUNEAUUNEAU In Bering Sea k TracyTracy ArmArm oo C Gulf of Alaska BRITISH SITKAITKA COLUMBIA KETCHIKANETCHIKAN I FREE AIR n s i from Skagway d e During the great Klondike P 43 MAJOR CITIES! a s Gold Rush of 1896-1901, sa g prospectors thronged to e BOOKOOK NOWOW — Skagway, the gateway to the VANCOUVEANCOUVE R for the best opportunity Yukon Territory. Join an optional to participate in the 1 excursion aboard the historic Free Air Program! landmark narrow-gauge White Pass Limited availability. Free Air and Low Air Add-Ons and Yukon Route Railway steam train to (Silversea’s Silver Sky Air Programme) are economy class and based on contractual agreements between Silversea follow 20 miles of the gold prospectors’ and respective airlines; Gohagan & Company and the route through a stretch of Alaska’s sponsoring associations/organizations have no control over availability. most spectacular scenery and forbidding territory. Juneau Located on Gastineau Channel, Alaska’s picturesque state capital comprises one of the largest land masses in North and South America (spread over 3,108 square miles) and is the only American state capital not accessible by automobile. Join an optional excursion 1 to the mighty Mendenhall Glacier—12 miles long, one and a half miles wide and more than 100 feet high at its terminus—just one of 38 glaciers that lead out of the vast Sitka Juneau Icefi eld. Explore Juneau’s urban A renowned, beautiful Inside Passage attractions at your leisure—visit the city-borough (self-governing community) Alaska State Museum or the Red Dog built on Baranof Island, Sitka is laden Saloon, Alaska’s best-known frontier with the art and history of its Russian, watering hole. American and native Alaskan past. The lovely seaside town of Sitka, settled thousands of years ago between majestic, snow-capped mountains and the shores of the Pacifi c Ocean, proudly exhibits its Russian and Tlingit heritage. It was originally settled by the native C Tlingit people, but by the late 1790s, Russian fur traders had become permanent settlers. During optional excursions 1, you can choose to explore the native artifacts in the National Historical Park and an impressive collection of gold and silver icons in St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral, or visit the Raptor Rehabilitation Center, Alaska’s foremost bald eagle habitat, where more than 100 injured eagles recuperate and are released back into the wild each year. I TINERARY Skagway’s historic downtown, gateway to the Yukon Day Territory, still echoes with the excitement of Alaska’s Gold Rush days. 1 Depart Home City/ VANCOUVER, CANADA/ Embark M.V. SILVER S HADOW Seward/Anchorage Enjoy a scenic transfer from Seward to 2 CRUISE THE I NSIDE P ASSAGE Anchorage, with magnifi cent views of 3 KETCHIKAN , ALASKA, U.S. the towering snow-capped mountains of the Kenai Peninsula and the shores of 4 CRUISE S AWYER G LACIER /J UNEAU spectacular Turnagain Arm. Watch for 5 SKAGWAY pods of orca or beluga whales hunting 6 SITKA for salmon and waterfalls cascading to the valley fl oor en route to Anchorage. 7 CRUISE H UBBARD G LACIER 8 SEWARD / 1Optional excursions are available at Disembark M.V. S ILVER S HADOW / additional cost. Details will be provided ANCHORAGE / with your reservation confi rmation. Return to Home City Vancouver Pre-Cruise Option Hubbard Glacier Surrounded by water on three See one of nature’s ice-age wonders. sides and nestled alongside the The awesome “galloping” Hubbard Coast Mountain Range, Vancouver’s Glacier—whose rapid advance is at spectacular setting combines a times over 40 feet in one day—is the diverse ecosystem with a vibrant longest tidewater glacier (75 miles long and covering 1,350 square miles) in cosmopolitan environment rich in North America! Watch for icebergs art and culture. Visit the historic calving from the face of this 19 th -century Gastown District, Stanley 300-foot-high glacier. In 1986, an Park, sites of the 2010 Olympic Games, unprecedented geological record was set Chinatown, English Bay, Granville when the glacier blocked Russell Fjord, Island and the acclaimed University creating a natural dam over 90 feet high. of British Columbia’s Museum of Ice calving from Hubbard Glacier.