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Aerial view of a cruise ship that docks at Ketchikan's harbor bringing a city full of tourists for shopping and sightseeing. The once logging town is dependent on the growing tourism industry. Nearly a million cruise ship passengers visit Alaska, sometimes doubling a town’s population on a summer day.
The ships travel the Inside Passage, a network of waterways between islands along the coast of Alaska, British Columbia and Washington state.
Travelers can shop for native art and souvenirs or diamonds in one of many jewelry stores along what was a former red-light district during the Gold Rush. The Misty Fjords National Monument is one of the area’s major attractions.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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- 6000x4000 / 137.4MB
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- Contained in galleries
- Tongass_National Geographic magazine_7/2007
