From Vancouver to Alaska, Northern Canada and the Northwest Passage

I am off on another 7 week long trip encompassing most of northern North America. It started with plans formulated with about twenty different fellow passengers on the 2019 cruise from Paraguay to Antarctica that I took with my English friend John, and where we bunked with our new English friend Bruce. The group of us planned to journey with the same ship, same crew and a number of the same passengers the following summer to the Arctic... but alas, COVID happened and the trip was postponed and then cancelled outright. I learned about the Adventure Canada tour of northern Canada from a friend and invited John and Bruce, who were eager to come. But we had to wait another two years before it came to fruition. The starting place is Yellowknife and I thought, if I am going up there why not try to get to Whitehorse too? Then my sister took an Alaskan cruise and raved about it, so I investigated Alaskan cruises and discovered one that met my needs. It includes a cruise up the coast, an overland portion to Denali National Park and time spent in the Yukon. I have a friend in Whitehorse who graciously suggested I come to visit for the time I needed to fill before meeting John and Bruce in Yellowknife. Vola! a northern adventure is created. 

I hope that you will find the locations and posts interesting. Below are the maps of the two voyages.

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The 18 Day Holland America cruise from Vancouver to Alaska.

The seventeen day Out of the Northwest Passage cruise with Adventure Canada.