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“If glaciers are what you are after, that’s the place for you.” The speaker was a prospector passing through Fort Wrangell, Alaska, in 1879. The subject was a remote bay, flanked by rugged walls of ice and filled with floating bergs. The listener was the Scottish-American environmental philosopher John Muir, who needed no further encouragement to set out in a canoe soon after with a large stock of provisions, blankets and a determination to visit the frozen wonderland.
It was October. Winter was approaching. The territory ahead was largely uncharted. His five travelling companions four members of the Hoonah Tlingit people and a missionary were warned the dangers were so great they would never return. Muir was undeterred. “The icy regions burned in my mind,” he noted. “I determined to go ahead as far north as possible.”
Cruise Ships Sailing May 2021 Update May 01, 2021
The cruise industry is restarting in a big way in Europe with more ships entering service in May, while in North America, service resumptions involve sailing in the Caribbean and with U.S.-flagged ships in Alaska.
Here are the cruise ships currently back in service or planning restarts in May and into June:
Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean International
Ship: Quantum of the Seas
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 4,100
Built: 2014
Status: Sailing
Ship: Odyssey of the Seas
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 4,100
Built: 2021
Status: Planned – first sailing scheduled on June 2, 2021
Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean International
Ship: Adventure of the Seas
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âIf glaciers are what you are after, thatâs the place for you.â The speaker was an prospector passing through Fort Wrangell, Alaska, in 1879. The subject was a remote bay, flanked by rugged walls of ice and filled with floating bergs. The listener was the Scottish-American environmental philosopher John Muir, who needed no further encouragement to set out in a canoe soon after with a large stock of provisions, blankets and a determination to visit the frozen wonderland.
It was October. Winter was approaching. The territory ahead was largely uncharted. His five travelling companions â four members of the Hoonah Tlingit people and a missionary â were warned the dangers were so great they would never return. Muir was undeterred. âThe icy regions burned in my mind,â he noted. âI determined to go ahead as far north as possible.â
As glaciers disappear in Alaska, the rest of the world’s ice follows Jonathan Watts
“If glaciers are what you are after, that’s the place for you.” The speaker was an prospector passing through Fort Wrangell, Alaska, in 1879. The subject was a remote bay, flanked by rugged walls of ice and filled with floating bergs. The listener was the Scottish-American environmental philosopher John Muir, who needed no further encouragement to set out in a canoe soon after with a large stock of provisions, blankets and a determination to visit the frozen wonderland.
It was October. Winter was approaching. The territory ahead was largely uncharted. His five travelling companions – four members of the Hoonah Tlingit people and a missionary – were warned the dangers were so great they would never return. Muir was undeterred. “The icy regions burned in my mind,” he noted. “I determined to go ahead as far north as possible.”