The start of the cruise ship season brings a new excursion from one of the oldest tour outfits in Southeast. Allen Marine Tours is set to run hovercraft trips to the Taku Glacier starting this week.

I saw a card at the state museum store downtown. It had a quote that read, “There is one word of advice and caution to be given those intending to visit Alaska … If you are old, go by all means, but ...

“Dreamland” sits high on a rocky outcrop in the middle of the Juneau Icefield, not far from the border between Alaska and British Columbia. It’s a corrugated metal box—a two-stall outhouse with a ...