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| The Alaska Cruise Handbook: A Mile-by-Mile Guide | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 20766
Category: Book
Author: Joe Upton
Publisher: Coastal Publishing
Studio: Coastal Publishing
Manufacturer: Coastal Publishing
Label: Coastal Publishing
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Map
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 287
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0979491509
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780979491504
ASIN: 0979491509
Publication Date: March 2008
Release Date: November 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Enjoy every minute of your Alaska vacation! With this comprehensive guide to the sights and stops on Alaska and Northwest Passage cruises, you can plan your trip and choose the ports and excursions that you find most appealing. With the author's own wonderful Alaska stories and information on wildlife, native culture, landmarks, historical sites, shopping, and more, you won t miss a thing. Upton's Handbook traces the route used by most Alaska cruises, with maps and text keyed to a route numbering/navigational system that is frequently announced onboard, allowing the passenger to easily follow his ship s progress from Mile One. The wonderful illustrated maps and color photography throughout keep you informed throughout your journey, making a wonderful souvenir when it ends.
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 great pictures, little cruise information July 8, 2008
I bought this book because I was looking for information on the best things to do in each port, including kinds of excursions. The pictures were beautiful and there was a lot of great information on the history, but details on the excursions was very limited.
 Excellent resource! June 29, 2008
I purchased copies of this handbook for both my husband and me as well as his brother and wife for our first time Alaskan cruise. It was interesting to follow our route on the included map and know what we were cruising by, as well as to anticipate what lie ahead. We were able to take wonderful photographs of lighthouses, etc. by knowing when to watch for them. We saw several people onboard with the books, and I would highly recommend it as a "must pack" item on an Alaskan cruise.
A Great Guide Book June 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Planning a cruise to Alaska? This is a wonderful book to read both before you go and to take with you on the ship. It has many interesting stories about the state. Mr. Upton has been a resident of Alaska and offered tips on things that would have been unknown to the average tourist on a cruise ship. For instance, excursions may be bought on the ship but are usually rather expensive. He pointed out that sometimes you can go on the dock and find similar excursions at a better price by local vendors. He also said that sometimes cab drivers would give you a one-on-one tour for very little as well. We did this in Juneau and had a very interesting Klingit driver who told us many local stories and took us to some out of the way places for some great pictures. He also told which excursions were really worthwhile to spend your money on.(The Skagway RailRoad)
A map comes with the book and shows you mile by mile where the ship is. Other helpful things that he talked about in the book were the background of each of the towns that the ship visited as well as the glaciers,etc. He also talked about the fishing and the wildlife in the different areas. If you can only afford one book for your trip to Alaska, this would definitely be the one to buy.
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