Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
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Vacations -
Alaska
Introduction & Map
This was a cruise we took with Deborah's mother on the Ms Amsterdam, Holland America Line's flagship. We spent fourteen days cruising from Seattle, in Washington, visiting the places shown on the map to the right. Click on the place names on the map to go see the slide show for that location. If the map does not work for you, click on the name in the list below. Generally, you will find comments and descriptions of most of the pictures at the bottom of each picture, so depending on your screen resolution you may have to scroll down to read them.
CLICK HERE if you prefer to see the screens with thumbnails that link to larger pictures.
In terms of area, Alaska is the largest state in the United States being more than twice the size of Texas. The US purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 M in 1867, and it became the 49th state on January 3, 1959. If Alaska were a country, it would be the 19th largest in the world. In the South-East, where we journeyed, the main indigenous peoples we encountered were the Tlingit people who populated Southeast Alaska and parts of British Columbia and the Yukon. We visited one of their villages while in Ketchikan, and there is more information about them on that page.
CLICK HERE if you prefer to see the screens with thumbnails that link to larger pictures.
In terms of area, Alaska is the largest state in the United States being more than twice the size of Texas. The US purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 M in 1867, and it became the 49th state on January 3, 1959. If Alaska were a country, it would be the 19th largest in the world. In the South-East, where we journeyed, the main indigenous peoples we encountered were the Tlingit people who populated Southeast Alaska and parts of British Columbia and the Yukon. We visited one of their villages while in Ketchikan, and there is more information about them on that page.
click the place name to see the slide show.
| Seattle & the Ship | Ketchikan |
| Tracy Arm Fjord | Juneau |
| Icy Strait Point | Anchorage |
| Homer | Kodiak |
| Hubbard Glacier | Sitka |
| Victoria, BC |
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