Locations in northern Alaska are accessible from Anchorage and Fairbanks. Several foreign countries offer air service to Anchorage International Airport. Helicopters are increasingly popular for flightseeing. By Sea Many visitors like to combine an Alaska vacation with the pleasures of a sea voyage aboard a luxury cruiseship or state-owned ferry. From May to September, cruiseships visit Anchorage, Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, Sitka, Valdez, Seward, Homer, Nome, and Seattle, as well as Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia.
Itineraries vary with each ship.
The most frequently visited sites include Misty Fjords National Monument, Wrangell, Petersburg, Tracy Arm, Haines, Glacier Bay, Hubbard Glacier, Malaspina Glacier, Valdez, Columbia Glacier, College Fjord, Seward and Whittier. The Alaska Marine Highway System provides practical, dependable ferry service on three separate routes. The Inside Passage route links ports in Canada and Alaska. On the Southcentral route, ferries call at communities in Prince William Sound and also provide a connection to the Southwest route, which offers service to Kodiak and seasonally limited service to the Aleutians. Alaska Marine Highway Travel Time Prince Rupert to Ketchikan 6 hr.