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Alaska, a place like no other. During this time of the summer itinerary, you will see salmon in the streams returning to polar beartheir spawning grounds,
wildflowers in abundance everywhere and wildlife enjoying their short Alaskan summer season. And, of course, you will be whale watching from the ship as well as on excursions.

This trip offers four port calls: Skagway, Icy Strait Point, Juneau and Ketchikan in addition to Seward where you board the ship and Vancouver, BC where the cruise terminates. In addition to the port calls, you will cruise to Hubbard Glacier. It is not only the largest glacier in North America with its 6-mile wide face and 300 ft. height, it is the only advancing glacier in Alaska. You will also get to experience the journey down the Inside Passage, an unmatched destination unto itself.



 

All booking arrangements will be handled by

Richards World Travel

On The Square
1201 Potomac Ave
202 S. Queen Street
Hagerstown, MD 21742 Martinsburg, WV 25401
(301) 791-1010 xtn 132 (304) 263-0133
(800) 638-3502 (800) 447-1588
 
Call Shirley Barnhart on 800-638-3502, xtn 132.
Transfers to and from Dulles Airport are included.
Greene County will provide an Escort on this trip.

Pintable application

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Cruise Alaska-2009
Cost by Cabin Category
(Taxes and Fuel Supplement Included)

N (Inside) —$2663.23
H (Outside)—$2943.23 E-1
(Balcony)——$3503.23

Deposit required at time of booking: $250.00 per person
Final Payment due April 1, 2009

Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas with
it’s 10-story glass Centrum will be your home for a full
week. This ship is loaded with amenities, excellent
service, great entertainment and of course wonderful
dining experiences.

With a four port itinerary, plus Hubbard Glacier
and the Inside Passage, this trip offers a wonderful
opportunity to experience Alaska -The Great Land.

Your Alaskan Adventure includes these stops:

AlaskaSeward—Situated at the head of Resurrection Bay on the KenaiPeninsula, Seward is one of Alaska’s oldest and most scenic communities. Known as the 'Gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park' Seward is a picturesque town located 126 miles south of Anchorage. Mt. Marathon provides a breathtaking backdrop for the town. Behind Mt. Marathon and extending down the coast lies the Harding Icefield,measuring 35 by 20 miles.


state flagJuneau—The sophisticated and vibrant city of Juneau is unlike any other state capital in the nation. Accessible only by sea or air, it is
exceptionally picturesque, hard against the Gastineau Channel with steep, narrow roads clawing up into the rainforested hills behind.

Gold figures heavily in its history. In 1880, two prospectors, one of them Joe Juneau, made Alaska's first gold strike in the rainforest along the banks of the Gastineau Channel. Named Gold Creek, the camp grew rapidly. Until the last mine was shut down in 1944, this was the world's largest producer of low-grade ore. EskimoAll the flat land in Juneau, stretching from downtown to the airport, is landfill from mine tailings.


Skagway—A place that exists in Alaska where the past lives on, where the cries of "gold in the Yukon" still echo from steep canyon walls, where the sounds of bar room pianos and boomtown crowds ring out in the night. Skagway's White Pass & Yukon Route is the "Scenic Railway of the World." Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, this narrow gauge railroad is an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark - a designation shared with the Panama Canal, the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.


Icy Strait Point is located near the city of Hoonah, Alaska whalesthe largest native Tlingit Indian settlement in Alaska, and very near Glacier Bay National Park. Home to a historic cannery, the port's connection to the sea is
strong. Locals share the sea with humpback whales, orcas, Dall porpoises, seals, sea otters, halibut and all five species of salmon. It is not uncommon to spot a humpback or an orca while walking along the shore.

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Ketchikan
has a population of 14,500 and is built along a steep hillside, with sections of the town built right over the water on pilings. An  outstanding collection of totem poles make a visit to Ketchikan essential for anyone interested in Native art.

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