# Cruise to Alaska

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-to-alaska/817346>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-to-alaska/817346 "2018-07-05T20:33:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-to-alaska/817346/21 "2018-07-07T20:03:43Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Your cruise ship didn’t go to the Mendenhall Glacier, as that glacier empties into a river, which in turn empties into Gastineau Channel. Perhaps you took a smaller boat after arriving at the glacier’s lake?

Oops, you’re right. It was the Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay.

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-to-alaska/817346/22 "2018-07-07T20:21:42Z")

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For those who don’t like cruises but want to enjoy the Inside Passage, you can do it by [ferry](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/going-our-way-seeing-alaskas-inside-passage-by-ferry/2011/10/24/gIQAbcYiJM_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f5f21b35313a) too.

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