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Yes, hands on from a cruise ship

Sorry, I'm sure it was still extremely beautiful! I spent 3 weeks in the backcountry on a backpacking and sea-kayaking trip. We drove one day for 15hrs to get to our next base camp and it felt like we barely covered any ground in comparison to how big the state is. THAT really put it in perspective, as to how unmolested and barren Alaska really is. That, and nearly dying while taking off with too much gear in a small two passenger plane over a mountain pass from Cordova (which doesn't have any roads outside of the small fishing town, only accessible by plane/boat - we kayaked into it).

And on that note, we're calling it a night! See ya'll tomorrow!
The Ship I was on held less than 90 people and was an inside passage cruise where we stopped at locations you could not stop at on a large ship or probably any other ship unless you chartered one yourself. It did bow landings on small islands, went on some great expeditions, one place we did a landing only inhabitants were a couple that lived in a modest cabin but it had some amazing hot springs. and after the cruise ended in Juneau we spent another 8 days doing excursions on land.