Stay in Ketchikan two nights, Petersburg two nights, Juneau one night, and Sitka three nights. Learn from local experts in onshore classes. Explore with local experts this fishing village's history, industry, natural history and beautiful oceanside scenery. Midway through your stay, board a ferry of the Alaska Marine Highway for a four-day trip through the magnificent Inside Passage. Shipboard classes will be interspersed with sightings of whales, eagles, and stops at unique Alaskan communities such as Wrangell, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Sitka.
Rooms have a private bath.
Ferry cabins are double occupancy only with upper and lower berths, private bath. Survey the entire history of Southeast Alaska, as well as the development of oil, fur, whale, timber, and fishing industries. You'll also enjoy some marine biology, an encounter with ocean productivity, marine wildlife and conservation. Study the physical environment, the habitat of numerous intertidal creatures, birds and marine life. Join in the excitement of Sitka's fall whale watching.