• from $999* (8-day cruise)
• from $1999 (12-day, with Fairbanks, Denali Anchorage, etc.)
• Single Occupancy or Single Shares** available;
• 3rd, 4th person in stateroom: $599 each

Enjoy the spectacular, majestic beauty of Alaska as your floating home, entertainment & education center (with theaters, nightclub, elegant dining, fitness center, library, varied entertainment, on-board naturalist, Native artist-in- residence etc. and a ship-load of interesting people) takes you on your adventure into Alaska's scenic wilderness, wildlife, history & culture.

For 33 years our trips have combined the usual excitement of travel with our own very special blend of familial informality, our use of music and dance to break the ice, to meet local people on a level most travelers don't experience and to create an atmosphere of friendship and exploration that often leads to quite unusual happenings. We'll be doing dancing and song sessions on board (Karl's guitar is always nearby) plus our sightseeing ashore. And don't forget, there is so much to do, both aboard the ship and ashore, you decidedly do not need to be a folk dancer to enjoy this trip fully. Most often, the non-dancers have the fun of meeting the people who gather 'round watching while some of the group are dancing!

See (and hear!) huge chunks of glacier crash into the sea with a thunderous roar, see salmon swimming upstream en masse to spawn, ride the narrow gauge White Pass & Yukon Railway up into the Yukon Territory, visit a trapper's work camp, pan for gold, ride a dog sled across the surface of a glacier, enjoy biking, hiking, rock-climbing, a wilderness horseback ride, a jet-boat adventure up an Alaskan river, flightsee to Mt. McKinley, land on a glacier to see ice falls, ice bridges, glacial streams and moraines, fly over vast, spectacular scenery looking for moose, sheep, caribou, bear - - - the opportunities for life-affirming memories are boundless.

Juneau, Ketchikan, Haines, Skagway, Seward, Glacier Bay National Park, College Fjord, Fairbanks, Denali National Park and Preserve,. Anchorage, Seward, Vancouver - - Sample salmon baked over an alderwood fire, pan for gold, hike the massive Juneau Icefield, hop on a sled and let a dog team pull you across the surface of a glacier, immerse yourself in Tlingit Indian culture, view the world's largest collection of totem poles, stroll the boardwalk that once led to Ketchikan's red light district, ride the antique White Pass & Yukon narrow-gauge railway up through canyons and waterfalls past Deadhorse Gulch, see the steep and treacherous Trail of '98, ride into the incredible mountains of the Yukon Territory, visit the new Sealife Center and the historic downtown district filled with quaint shops, see a huge chunk of ice break off a glacier and crash into the sea with the sound of thunder. (birds frantically converge to feed on the water life stirred up by the great splash of the impact; Glacier Bay has more actively calving glaciers than anywhere else in the world), flightsee to Mt. McKinley and land on a glacier, soar in a helicopter above Denali National Park watching for moose, sheep, caribou and bear, marvel at the massive icefields with otherworldly ice formations….