Big Bears, Gleaming Glaciers-Vancouver to Whittier

Overview

A 7-night voyage aboard Seven Seas Explorer, departing Vancouver, Canada on 26 Aug 2026 and arriving in Whittier, calling at 6 destinations along the way.

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   Day 1 ·VancouverEmbark

   26 Aug 2026

   Depart 17:00

   “Gassy Jack” Deighton saw a chance to make money from the miners on their way to the Yukon and the saloon he built became the focus of the shanty town known as Gas Town. From here, modern Vancouver was born - Canada’s third largest city. The government persuaded the settlers to change the name of the town to Vancouver, after Captain George Vancouver, who sailed the area’s waters in 1792. Today Vancouver offers travelers tram rides to the top of Grouse Mountain, the lovely Ming Dynasty Gardens, historic Gas Town and picturesque Stanley Park.
   
   Shore excursions on the first and last day of a cruise are only available for guests who are combining back-to-back voyages to create a longer cruise. Those guests may organize custom tours through the Destination Services Desk on board.
2. 2

   Day 2 ·Cruising the Inside Passage

   27 Aug 2026
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   Day 3 ·Klawock

   28 Aug 2026

   Arrive 09:00Depart 18:00
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   Day 4 ·Juneau

   29 Aug 2026

   Arrive 11:00Depart 21:00

   In 1880, Joe Juneau and Richard Harris were prospecting for gold with the help of Indian guides. Here they discovered nuggets “as large as beans” at the mouth of the aptly named Gold Creek. Out of their discoveries came three of the largest gold digs in the world where more than $150 million in gold was mined. Juneau’s surrounding beauty and natural wonders have attracted cruise ship travelers for over a century, with steamship companies bringing tourists here since the early 1880’s.
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   Day 5 ·Skagway

   30 Aug 2026

   Arrive 07:00Depart 22:00

   Skagua, as it is known by the Tlingit, means” windy place.” Skagway, a place of many names, and much history is the northern terminus of the Alaska Marine Highway. It was known to thousands of hopeful gold rushers as the gateway to the gold fields. Skagway retains the flavor of the gold rush era and the character of such colorful inhabitants as Soapy Smith “King of the Frontier Con Men”; especially on Broadway, with its false-front buildings, and in the Trail of ‘98 Museum, with its outstanding collection of gold fever memorabilia.
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   Day 6 ·Icy Strait (Hoonah)

   31 Aug 2026

   Arrive 08:00Depart 18:00

   Discover the frontier town of Icy Strait surrounded by nature in its unspoiled glory. Pine trees as tall as skyscrapers, humpback whales, eagles, wild salmon, black bears and more, form the harmonious tapestry of life in this Alaskan hinterland. Visit the Native Theater and Heritage Center to see Tlinglit tribal members enacting their history through song and dance. Also worthy of attention are the elaborately carved totem poles. Stroll over to the Cannery Museum and find out how this staple of the Alaskan diet is processed. Shop for locally made preserves, jewelry, wooden carvings, clothing, and bath products. Take a walk along the well-marked nature trail to Hoonah. Enjoy delicious and abundant seafood, Dungeness crab, salmon, shrimp and cod in this remarkable natural environment.
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   Day 7 ·Cruising Hubbard Glacier

   1 Sept 2026
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   Day 8 ·Anchorage (Whittier), AlaskaDisembark

   2 Sept 2026

   Arrive 06:00

   Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about 58 miles southeast of Anchorage. The city is within the Chugach Census Area, one of the two entities established in 2019 when the former Valdez–Cordova Census Area was dissolved. It is also a port for the Alaska Marine Highway. Wikipedia
   

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