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After no season last year, Wrangell started 2021 with hopes of as many as 20,000 tourists coming to town this summer aboard cruise ships of varying sizes, with capacity of between 40 and 700 passengers. With the loss of larger vessels, and some smaller ones, however, the maximum ship capacity into town has fallen to under 2,000 this summer.
âThe actual number of cruise visitors to Wrangell will likely be much smaller than capacity due to protocols and restrictions for COVID-19 safety measures,â Carol Rushmore, Wrangellâs economic development director, said in her report for Tuesday eveningâs borough assembly meeting.
UnCruise Adventures, which plans to resume Alaska operations of its several smaller ships this summer, notified the city last week that it would bypass stops in Wrangell this year, only changing passengers in Juneau and Ketchikan as it sails around Southeast, Rushmore said.