Alaska, a place
like no other. During this time of
the summer itinerary, you will see
salmon in the streams returning to
their
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
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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:
Seward—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.
Juneau—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.
All
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,
the
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.

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.