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DIRECTORY
Ferries
Alaska Marine Highway
6858 Glacier Hwy, Juneau,
99811.
Tel 465-3941, (800) 642-0066.
∑ dot.state.ak.us/amhs/pubs
Inter-Island Ferries
PO Box 470, Klawock.
Tel 530-4848, (866) 308-4848.
∑ interislandferry.com
Under the solarium on the upper deck of a Marine Highway ferry British Columbia Ferries
Tel (250) 386-3431, (888) 223-
Deck passengers on overnight time. In addition to watch ing 3779.
trips can sleep in the indoor the undeniably spectacu lar ∑ bcferries.com
recliners, or on reclin ing plastic landscapes along most routes,
deck chairs in the heated passengers find they have
solariums on the top decks of plenty of time to lean back drivers will usually be required
the ferries. On all overnight with a book, take a hot shower, to check in two hours before
sailings, travelers are allowed to sleep or lounge in the fresh air, sailing. The crew will direct
pitch tents on the top deck and and meet people from across them to their parking location,
fix them with waterproof duct the world. where they must set their hand
tape. These are usually quite brake, take any possessions
close to the smokestack and needed onboard, and lock the
noisy engines, so it may be Taking a Vehicle vehi cle. The vehicle deck will
useful to carry some earplugs. Book as far in advance as not be accessible while sailing.
All ferries have elevators and possible in order to transport However, escorted trips to the
wheelchair-accessible facili ties, a vehicle on the Marine vehicle deck are periodically
and the larger vessels also Highway, especially between announced by the purser,
offer cabins suitable for Bellingham, WA, and Haines in and there is vehicle access
disabled passengers. the peak season from June to while the vessel is in port.
August. Tariffs depend on the RV propane tanks and fire-
size of the vehicle, mea sured arms must be reported to
Life on Board from the front bumper to the the purser upon boarding,
There are few things more end of the back bum per or so they can be sealed by the
relaxing than sitting in the trailer. Most vessels on the crew. Boats under 100 lb
observation lounge or warm Southeast and Southcentral (45 kg), bicycles, and kayaks
solarium of a ferry and watch ing routes can take vehicles up to incur an extra charge, while
the passing scene. While 70-ft (20-m) long, but the larger boats will be charged
onboard amenities are spartan maximum length on the MV as vehicles. Except for guide
by most standards, there’s Tustumena is 40 ft (12 m). dogs, transporting pets also
always plenty to fill up the Except in some small ports, incurs an extra charge.
The Alaska Marine Highway
ALASKA
Susitna • Glennallen CANADA
Yukon
Kuskokwim
Anchorage Valdez
• •
Whittier • • Tatitlek Yakutat Skagway
Cordova
•
•Chenaga Bay
Homer • Seward • •
• Haines • Juneau
Dillingham • Gustavus
• Seldovia • •
Bering Pelican • • Hoonah
• • Angoon
Sea Port Lions Tenakee Petersburg
Pilot Point • •Ouzinkie Gulf of Alaska Sitka • • •
• • Kake •
Kodiak Wrangell
•
Chignik Old Harbor •
• Ketchikan
Cold Bay Metlakatla • •
• • Sand Point 0 km 200 Prince
False Pass • • King Cove Rupert
• 0 miles 200
Dutch Harbor/Unalaska
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